To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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