Passions are the gales of life.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

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.

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.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

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...

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

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...

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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...

Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.

Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.

The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds...

The business that considers itself immune to the necessity for advertising sooner or later finds...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.