Quotes by Alexander Pope

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before...

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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in...

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

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

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

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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

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

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

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To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

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'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

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