As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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