"What nature wants, commodious gold bestows; 'Tis thus……" — Alexander Pope
"What nature wants, commodious gold bestows; 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows."
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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 Bestows Quotes
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion…
— Harold Brodkey
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
— John Bunyan
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Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
— John Updike
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If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
— Thomas Hobbes
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Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness...she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils.…
— Seneca the Younger
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You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.
— Pierre Charron
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But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to…
— David Hume
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...every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before…
— Gregory Palamas
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If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and…
— Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
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