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.
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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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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This long disease, my life.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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