Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEOn life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
-
-
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
ALEXANDER POPE -
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
ALEXANDER POPE -
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
ALEXANDER POPE -
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPE -
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
ALEXANDER POPE -
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.
ALEXANDER POPE -
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
ALEXANDER POPE -
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
ALEXANDER POPE -
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
ALEXANDER POPE -
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
ALEXANDER POPE -
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
ALEXANDER POPE -
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
ALEXANDER POPE -
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
ALEXANDER POPE -
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPE -
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
ALEXANDER POPE