Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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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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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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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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