"You eat, in dreams, the custard of the…" — Alexander Pope
"You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day."
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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 Custard Quotes
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My favourite pudding is a toss-up between cheesecake - proper, New York cheesecake - and apple crumble and custard. Custard…
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The movies were custard compared to politics....
— Nancy Reagan
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It’s a trifle. It’s got all of these layers. First there’s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam,…
— Rachel
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In moments of considerable strain, I tend to take to bread-and-butter pudding. There is something about the blandness of soggy…
— Clement Freud
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During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost -…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes.…
— Mack Sennett
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God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.
— Margaret Forster
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And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at…
— George Orwell
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God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.
— Lynn Redgrave
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Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.
— Hyman Rickover
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What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross…
— Alan Ayckbourn
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If I really believed in Friedman's economic theory, then I'd be quite satisfied to spend the rest of my life…
— Nigel Lawson
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