To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
ALEXANDER POPEAct well your part, there all the honour lies.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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