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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

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...

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

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.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

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

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

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...

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.