Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
ALEXANDER POPEWe may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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