"By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he……" — Alexander Pope
"By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged."
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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 Besieged Quotes
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The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged,…
— Sun Tzu
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How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra.…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold…
— George Downame
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The disease and its medicine are like two factions in a besieged town; they tear one another to pieces, but…
— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
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Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss…
— George Lois
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Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an…
— Christiane Amanpour
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At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever…
— Sean Parker
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Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician,"…
— Blaise Pascal
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