How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

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,...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

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

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

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...

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...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

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...

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

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...

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

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.

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

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.