Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
ALEXANDER POPEBlessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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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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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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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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