True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
ALEXANDER POPENever find fault with the absent.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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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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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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