As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPEPraise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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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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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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