"Passions are the gales of life." — Alexander Pope
"Passions are the gales of life."
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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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More Gale Quotes
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Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may…
— Donald Cargill
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Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know.
— Donald Hamilton
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So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for…
— Joshua Slocum
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Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you…
— Alexander Pope
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In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.
— John Lyall
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The perennial gale of creative destruction
— Joseph A. Schumpeter
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He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind…
— Samuel Johnson
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Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet…
— Thomas Gray
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Though essaying but a sportive sail, I was driven from my course by a blast re sistless; and ill-provided, young,…
— Herman Melville
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I asked these Indians: "Do men ever make Chicha?" My question was met with gales of laughter. The women howled.…
— Alan D. Eames
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If (environmentalists) want to continue to beat those drums to solicit money from concerned soccer moms, they can do that.…
— Christopher West
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