Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...