False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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.

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore...

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore...

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...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in...

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

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...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

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...

'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.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.