Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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Passions are the gales of life.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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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