Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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...

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

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...

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

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...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

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,...

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...

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...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

As her demeaning grips became tighter His emotional and mental well being lowered Well his...

As her demeaning grips became tighter His emotional and mental well being lowered Well his...