"But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry……" — Alexander Pope
"But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds."
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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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More Avenger Quotes
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Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.
— Lord Byron
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I'm an actor, a husband, a father of two, and a full-time Avenger.
— Robert Downey, Jr.
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Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time…
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin.…
— John Calvin
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Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. You reap what you sow. You get what you earn. You…
— Mary Browne
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Life is too short for any vain regretting... Between the swift sun's rising and its setting, we have no time…
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie…
— Robert Fisk
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THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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You still haven't managed to heal the scars left by some of the injustices committed against you in your life…
— Paulo Coelho
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A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Time is the best avenger.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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