Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPEWhy did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPEAnd seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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 POPEPraise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
ALEXANDER POPEWhen 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.
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
ALEXANDER POPENever find fault with the absent.
ALEXANDER POPEThe Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
ALEXANDER POPEHe best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPEThere is a majesty in simplicity.
ALEXANDER POPEOf all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
ALEXANDER POPEStrength of mind is exercise, not rest.
ALEXANDER POPEThe people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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