Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

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.

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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...

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

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.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

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.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before...

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...

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...

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

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