At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

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...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; all chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; all chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

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...

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

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...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...