On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

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...

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...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

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.

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

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.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

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.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be...

I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.

I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.