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Alexander Pope Quote - Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.

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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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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