The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
ALEXANDER POPETis but a part we see, and not a whole.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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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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