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

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Blessings Quotes

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

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:...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

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...

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.