Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
ALEXANDER POPEAn excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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The laughers are a majority.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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This long disease, my life.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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