Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEAll nature is but art unknown to thee.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
ALEXANDER POPEHe 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.
ALEXANDER POPEAn obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
ALEXANDER POPELet fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
ALEXANDER POPEEvery professional was once an amateur.
ALEXANDER POPEAn excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
ALEXANDER POPEDo good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
ALEXANDER POPEThe only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
ALEXANDER POPEThe greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
ALEXANDER POPEEve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
ALEXANDER POPE