Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

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

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

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

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...

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

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

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

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling...

If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling...