"Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares……" — Alexander Pope
"Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires."
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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 Blushing Quotes
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one of 85 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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A letter does not blush.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
— Charles Darwin
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There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing…
— William C. Bryant
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There's a blush for won't, and a blush for shan't, and a blush for having done it: There's a blush…
— John Keats
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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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At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three…
— Therese of Lisieux
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Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?
— Gracie Allen
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I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have…
— Eva Green
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