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Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply!
That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!


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Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw:
Some livelier plaything...

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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: Grant but as...

Alexander Pope: Grant but as...

Grant but as many sorts of mind as moss.

Source: Moral Essays, Epistle I. 18
--...

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Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it not only is useless, but it impairs what it would...

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Alexander Pope: I am His...

Alexander Pope: I am His...

I am His Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you?


Source: On...

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Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: Tis hard to...

Alexander Pope: Tis hard to...

Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill
Appear in writing or in judging ill.


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Alexander Pope: When men grow...

Alexander Pope: When men grow...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A still small...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A still small...

A still small voice spake unto me,
'Thou art so full of misery,
Were it not better not to...

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Abraham Lincoln: A lawyer's advice...

Abraham Lincoln: A lawyer's advice...

A lawyer's advice is his stock and trade.

Source: Attributed
-- Abraham Lincoln,...

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William Wordsworth: Oh! many are...

William Wordsworth: Oh! many are...

Oh! many are the poets that are sown
By Nature; men endowed with highest gifts,
The vision and the faculty...

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William Wordsworth: For by superior...

William Wordsworth: For by superior...

For by superior energies; more strict
Affiance in each other; faith more firm
In their unhallowed principles,...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

The mere existence of conscience, that faculty of which people prate so much nowadays, and are so ignorantly proud, is...

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William Shakespeare: Bid them wash...

William Shakespeare: Bid them wash...

Bid them wash their faces,
And keep their teeth clean.


Source: Coriolanus, II....

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William Shakespeare: Thou hast done...

William Shakespeare: Thou hast done...

Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep.

Source: Coriolanus, V. v....

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William Shakespeare: There is occasions...

William Shakespeare: There is occasions...

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.

Source: Henry V, V....

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William Shakespeare: Ambition should be...

William Shakespeare: Ambition should be...

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Source: Julius Caesar, III. ii....

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William Shakespeare: O wonderful, wonderful,...

William Shakespeare: O wonderful, wonderful,...

O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all...

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