A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
ALEXANDER POPETis but a part we see, and not a whole.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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Passions are the gales of life.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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