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Alexander Pope Quote - A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.

A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.

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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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Force Greatness Himself Invention Lying Oneeslf
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Knowledge Leaving Word Writing
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Country Daring Love Poor
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Appearance Beautiful Character Soul Win
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Friendship Guide One Liner Philosophy Yourself
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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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Air Walk Wings
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Forever Hope Men Spring
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Advice Deep Growth One Liner Tree Wisdom
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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Endurance Face Hate Need See Vice
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Charity Faith Generosity Hope Kindness Man World
Expression is the dress of thought.
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Expression One Liner Thinking
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
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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Growth Lose Performance Reality Yourself
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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Burn Deserve Hope Myself Poetry Praise
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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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Enemy Friendship Lost Ourselves Praise
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Attitude Man Positive Success
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Angry Hate Ourselves Revenge Spiritual
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Best Feeling Himself
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Hold Opinion Person
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Myself Parents Poet Sin Writing
Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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Feeling Hide Mistake Myself Teaching
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Nature Strange Thinking Vice
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.
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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice

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