Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

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...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

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...

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...

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...

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!