Alexander Pope Quotes, Book Quotes, Men Quotes

To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that did not fit him, only because they were made by some famous tailor.

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To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.

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I begin where most people end, with a full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of ambition, and the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures.

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

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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

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Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

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There is nothing wanting to make all rational and disinterested people in the world of one religion, but that they should talk together every day.

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One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight; Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.

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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

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Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.

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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.

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No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n; But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal with the Maker's praise.

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

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Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

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And write about it, Goddess, and about it!

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What Tully said of war may be applied to disputing: "It should be always so managed as to remember that the only true end of it is peace." But generally true disputants are like true sportsmen,--their whole delight is in the pursuit; and the disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.

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While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.

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Love, Hope, and Joy, fair pleasure's smiling train, Hate, Fear, and Grief, the family of pain, These mix'd with art, and to due bounds confin'd Make and maintain the balance of the mind.

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