On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

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...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

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.

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...

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

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...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

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...

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.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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

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

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

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.