And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat 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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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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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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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The laughers are a majority.
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