The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
ALEXANDER POPEStrength of mind is exercise, not rest.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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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 youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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