Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.