He 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 POPEAct well your part, there all the honour lies.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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The laughers are a majority.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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