Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

'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.

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...

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...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

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?...

Silly me for thinking honesty and friendship were important these days. The new trend is...

Silly me for thinking honesty and friendship were important these days. The new trend is...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...