Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
ALEXANDER POPEMen must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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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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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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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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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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