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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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

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...

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

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...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

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...

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...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

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

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

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by...

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...