To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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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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