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 POPEOn life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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