Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

'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.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.