"The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve……" — Alexander Pope
"The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest."
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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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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of…
— Thomas Aquinas
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That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable…
— Gregory of Nyssa
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It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything,…
— Gerard De Nerval
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You as a salt-being, made of salt, go to fathom the depth of the ocean, and in the process you…
— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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Never give up hope. Situations can change over night, problems can dissolve in the light of a new day's sun.
— Leon Brown
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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
— Melody Beattie
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If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would…
— Bertrand Russell
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If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I would like you to drop the ego, to dissolve, to disappear, because only then is there fulfillment. The ego…
— Rajneesh
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Once you know it, you move as a nonbeing. Nobody can make you angry, nobody can make you happy, unhappy,…
— Rajneesh
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The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act.
— Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Providence creates an unfolding situation that is exactly what the person needs, although not always what he may think he…
— Unknown Author
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