What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
ALEXANDER POPE
Never find fault with the absent.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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This long disease, my life.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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