O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPEHe who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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