Good sense Quote by Alexander Pope

“Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.”

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How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or…

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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue…

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A mighty maze! But not without a plan.

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Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.

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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.

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Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.

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When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.

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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,…

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I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

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The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the…

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For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.

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