He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPEMany men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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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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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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