Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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