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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

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...

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

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...

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

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

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.