Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

'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...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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...

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

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

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

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

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...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.