What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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