Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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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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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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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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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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