I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
ALEXANDER POPEA patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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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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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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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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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