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Private Quotes by Alexander Pope
- There are some solitary wretches who seem to have left the rest of mankind, only, as Eve left Adam, to meet the devil in private.
- Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd…
- Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
- Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
- Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; Light dies…
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- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
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- I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character… — Corin Nemec
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