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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.

Alexander Pope

As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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Advice Deep Wisdom
Expression is the dress of thought.
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Expression One Liner Thinking
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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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
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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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Forget Men Wisdom
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Flower Needs One Liner Truth
He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Best Brother God Himself Service
In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Oneself Romantic World
We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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God Himself Money People Rich Value
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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Beautiful Improvement Nature
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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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
Passions are the gales of life.
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Life One Liner Passion
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
The laughers are a majority.
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Laughter One Liner

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