Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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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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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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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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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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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