The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

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

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

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...

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

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...

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.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

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...

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or...

I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or...