Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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...

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.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

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...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

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...

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

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

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

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...

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

A woman can give a man a million reasons to be faithful, and he will...

A woman can give a man a million reasons to be faithful, and he will...

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them...

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them...