Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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