"Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And……" — Alexander Pope
"Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill."
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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 Gems Quotes
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one of 147 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
— Walter Anderson
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Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!
— Lauryn Hill
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All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here…
— Richard Crashaw
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We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden,…
— Aimee Semple McPherson
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Until you get dissatisfied, you won't do anything to really move your life to another level. Dissatisfaction is a gem.…
— Tony Robbins
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
— George Eliot
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Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.
— Unknown Author
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To use Newton's words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and…
— Frank Drake
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Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many…
— Pele
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There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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