"At ev'ry word a reputation dies." — Alexander Pope
"At ev'ry word a reputation dies."
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Alexander Pope
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532 Quotes by Alexander Pope
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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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No hero is mortal till he dies.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries…
— Jane Austen
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And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.
— Dan Aykroyd
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Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
— Abu Bakr
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Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
— Dave Barry
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Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.
— Milton Berle
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All men die. You may say: 'Is that encouraging?' Surely yes, for when a man dies, his blunders, which are…
— Annie Besant
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But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.
— Theodor Adorno
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A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up…
— Jim Bishop
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this…
— Gwendolyn Brooks
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There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born,…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Love dies only when growth stops.
— Pearl S. Buck
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