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Alexander Pope: Nor fame I...

Alexander Pope: Nor fame I...

Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call;
She comes unlooked for, if she comes at...

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Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown proposed as things...

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Alexander Pope: She who ne'er...

Alexander Pope: She who ne'er...

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,
Or if she rules him, never shows she rules;
Charms by accepting, by...

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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: That true self-love...

Alexander Pope: That true self-love...

That true self-love and social are the same;
That virtue only makes our bliss below;
And all our knowledge is,...

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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: Order is Heaven's...

Alexander Pope: Order is Heaven's...

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

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Alexander Pope: The worst of...

Alexander Pope: The worst of...

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Source: Imitations of Horace, bk. 1,...

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Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.


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Alexander Pope: Unlearn'd, he knew...

Alexander Pope: Unlearn'd, he knew...

Unlearn'd, he knew no schoolman's subtle art,
No language, but the language of the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All armed I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All armed I...

All armed I ride, whate'er betide,
Until I find the holy Grail.


Source: Sir...

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Oscar Wilde: A little sincerity...

Oscar Wilde: A little sincerity...

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

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Oscar Wilde: The books that...

Oscar Wilde: The books that...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

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Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

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Oscar Wilde: We who live...

Oscar Wilde: We who live...

We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and...

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Oscar Wilde: The public have...

Oscar Wilde: The public have...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of...

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Oscar Wilde: While one should...

Oscar Wilde: While one should...

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an...

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Oscar Wilde: In going to...

Oscar Wilde: In going to...

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to...

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Oscar Wilde: For an artist...

Oscar Wilde: For an artist...

For an artist to marry his model is as fatal as for a gourmet to marry his cook: the one gets no sittings, and the...

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