"Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of……" — Alexander Pope
"Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there."
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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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The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming.
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Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It has…
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There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubble in amber.
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I have so many [on-set Glee BFFs]. I love Kevin (McHale). I love Amber (Riley); Amber and I are essentially…
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But who is this, what thing of sea or land,- Female of sex it seems,- That so bedeck'd, ornate, and…
— John Milton
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Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself…
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Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The…
— John Milton
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The winter will be short, the summer long, The autumn amber-hued, sunny and hot, Tasting of cider and of scuppernong;…
— Elinor Wylie
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When it came time to make the audiobook, Audible did an ingenious thing: they asked both Wil Wheaton and Amber…
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