All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
ALEXANDER POPEVice 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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