Every professional was once an amateur.
ALEXANDER POPEWho dare to love their country, and be poor.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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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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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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