Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
ALEXANDER POPENo 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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For 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.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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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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