To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
ALEXANDER POPEAn obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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No 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.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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