As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPEFor 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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The laughers are a majority.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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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.
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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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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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