Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPEO peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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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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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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The laughers are a majority.
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