Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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...

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

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...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

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...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

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.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

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...

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.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

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...

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours.

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...