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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.

Alexander Pope

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Art Genius Heart Soul Wake Up
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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Best Character Deep Injury People
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Charity Faith Generosity Hope Kindness Man World
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education Learning Mindset Motivational Strength
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Death Deep Pace Philosophy Race Silence Wings
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Honesty Lie Lying Motivation Protection Worst
On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Funny Life Ocean Passion Reason
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Myself Parents Poet Sin Writing
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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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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God Himself Money People Rich Value
Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Cheating Devil Men One Liner Religious
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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Endurance Face Hate Need See Vice
This long disease, my life.
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Life One Liner Perspective Science
Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Flower Needs One Liner Truth

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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