"Who are next to knaves? Those that converse…" — Alexander Pope
"Who are next to knaves? Those that converse with them."
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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 Converse Quotes
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long…
— John Adams
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A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and…
— William Penn
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is…
— Denis Diderot
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"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step…
— Maria Montessori
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Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't…
— Max Beerbohm
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To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament…
— Teresa of Avila
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Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal…
— George Boole
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Many can argue - not many converse.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of…
— Yoshida Kenko
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There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The…
— Clifford Truesdell
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Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love,…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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