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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

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...

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

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...

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...

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.