Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
ALEXANDER POPELulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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