Alexander Pope Quotes
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~ To err is human, to forgive, divine. ~ Alexander Pope
~ An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie;
for an excuse is a lie guarded. ~ Alexander Pope
~ Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. ~ Alexander Pope
~ The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres ~ Alexander Pope
~ Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ~ Alexander Pope
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast. ~ Alexander Pope
~ An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. ~ Alexander Pope
~ Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest. ~ Alexander Pope
~ Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe. ~ Alexander Pope
~ What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. ~ Alexander Pope
~ Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies ~ Alexander Pope
~ Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. ~ Alexander Pope
~ Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise, - His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies ~ Alexander Pope
~ At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense ~ Alexander Pope
~ Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. ~ Alexander Pope
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