The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

Quote by Alexander Pope

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

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

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

'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...

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

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...

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

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

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

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.

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.