Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

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...

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...

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:...

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

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.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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...

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marylin Monroe....

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marylin Monroe....

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...