"Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid……" — Alexander Pope
"Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn."
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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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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
— Robert Burns
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I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not…
— Jimmy Carter
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond,…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
— Joseph de Maistre
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I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous…
— Corey Taylor
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What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger.…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to…
— Abraham Lincoln
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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected…
— George Washington
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Twisting and wiring and stringing starching and curling, delicately painting spots and shadings on scraps of silk until what had…
— Melanie McGrath
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