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Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a...

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Alexander Pope: All are but...

Alexander Pope: All are but...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the soul.


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Alexander Pope: A man should...

Alexander Pope: A man should...

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser...

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Alexander Pope: And he whose...

Alexander Pope: And he whose...

And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad
It is not poetry, but prose run mad.


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Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise, and...

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Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.


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Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

But thousands die without or this or that,
Die, and endow a college, or a cat:
To some, indeed, Heaven grants...

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Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Chaste to her Husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming Mistress, but a barren Bride.


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Alexander Pope: Created half to...

Alexander Pope: Created half to...

Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in...

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Alexander Pope: Education forms the...

Alexander Pope: Education forms the...

Education forms the common mind.
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.


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Alexander Pope: I was not...

Alexander Pope: I was not...

I was not born for courts and great affairs,
but I pay my debts, believe and say my...

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Alexander Pope: Pride is still...

Alexander Pope: Pride is still...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels...

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Alexander Pope: Some old men,...

Alexander Pope: Some old men,...

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in...

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Alexander Pope: The people's voice...

Alexander Pope: The people's voice...

The people's voice is odd,
It is, and it is not, the voice of God.


Source:...

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Alexander Pope: There St John...

Alexander Pope: There St John...

There St John mingles with my friendly bowl
The feast of reason and the flow of soul.


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Alexander Pope: The vanity of...

Alexander Pope: The vanity of...

The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A sorrow's crown...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A sorrow's crown...

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A louse in...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A louse in...

A louse in the locks of literature.

Source: In Evan Charteris, Life and Letters of...

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Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Men become old, but they never become good.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last...

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