Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
ALEXANDER POPEThe greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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