Alexander Pope Quotes, Dream Quotes, Horse Quotes

Horses (thou say'st) and asses men may try, And ring suspected vessels ere they buy; But wives, a random choice, untried they take; They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake; Then, nor till then, the veil's removed away, And all the woman glares in open day.

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Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.

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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.

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The approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light, When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade, And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.

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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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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.

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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.

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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.

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For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.

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The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

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

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All nature's diff'rence keeps all nature's peace.

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Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.

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Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.

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Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd

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Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

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Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm. Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please; Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above.

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