Never find fault with the absent.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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.

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...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

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

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

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

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...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

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...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

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.

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...

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.