And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPENever find fault with the absent.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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