As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPEBeauty draws us with a single hair.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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