O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPETrue wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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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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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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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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