"The Physician, by the study and inspection of……" — Alexander Pope
"The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature."
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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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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe…
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
— Teresa of Avila
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Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.
— John Berger
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Accustom yourself to tireless activity.
— Alexander Suvorov
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Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you…
— Francois Fenelon
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Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
— Samuel Johnson
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We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can't allow the fear of…
— Dmitri Shostakovich
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I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well
— Oscar Wilde
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Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to…
— Blaise Pascal
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Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness…
— Seraphim Rose
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Seeing the lightest and gayest purple was then most in fashion, he would always wear that which was the nearest…
— Plutarch
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