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Alexander Pope: The learn'd is...

Alexander Pope: The learn'd is...

The learn'd is happy nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more.


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Alexander Pope: Alike reserved to...

Alexander Pope: Alike reserved to...

Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend;
Dreading e'en fools, by...

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Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the...

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Alexander Pope: And love th'...

Alexander Pope: And love th'...

And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard, 192
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Alexander Pope: Fair tresses man's...

Alexander Pope: Fair tresses man's...

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.


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Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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Alexander Pope: When much dispute...

Alexander Pope: When much dispute...

When much dispute has past,
We find our tenets just the same as last.


Source: In...

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Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?

Source: Lord Hervey, in Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A bow-shot from...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A bow-shot from...

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forward the Light...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forward the Light...

Forward the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismayed?


Source: The Charge of the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A truth looks...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A truth looks...

A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All along the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All along the...

All along the valley, stream that flashest white.

Source: In the Valley of the...

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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Thornton Wilder: Even memory is...

Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love,...

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Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Thornton Wilder: Man is not...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth...

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J August Strindberg: Society is a...

J August Strindberg: Society is a...

Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.

Source:...

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Ogden Nash: Children aren't happy...

Ogden Nash: Children aren't happy...

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.


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Ogden Nash: In the world...

Ogden Nash: In the world...

In the world of mules there are no rules.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave
When they think that their children are naive.


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Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring...

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