Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Action Quotes, Kindness Quotes

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.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

'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...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

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.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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...

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without...

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without...

Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?

Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?