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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

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.

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...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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

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

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.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

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

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

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men...

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men...

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar,...

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar,...