"As the twig is bent, so grows the…" — Alexander Pope
"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree."
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532 Quotes by Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope has 532 quotes on this site.
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they…
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the…
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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once…
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul…
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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.
— Matthew Arnold
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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires,…
— Honore de Balzac
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
— Dave Barry
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
— Annie Besant
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or…
— Van Wyck Brooks
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
— Julie Burchill
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But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?
— Robert Browning
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The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused…
— Kurt Cobain
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As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.
— Diablo Cody
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