Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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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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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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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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