At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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

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

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

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...

They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is...

They can call me crazy if I fail, all the chance that I need, is...

There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women...

There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women...