Grows Quote by Alexander Pope Download Open image “Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.” — Alexander Pope ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grows Growth Men Mercury Nature Strong Virtue
But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power. — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility… — Jim Perrin Copy Share Image
“Here was a man some twenty thousand miles from home, by the way of Cape Horn, that is - which was the only way… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us: though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“Since [man's] true nature has been lost, anything can become his nature: similarly, true good being lost, anything can become his true good.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“When man finds in himself a certain defect, of which he can by no means rid himself, there remains but to accept the so-called… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our… — James T. Conway Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's a challenge to work a character's arc into a format in which you only have a very limited amount of time to grow… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
May God bless each of us in our calls to serve. May our faith strengthen as we serve in righteousness, faithfully keeping the commandments.… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image