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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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