True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

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...

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...

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

'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...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

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...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

'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.

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

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

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

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...