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Vain Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free…
- Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
- Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys,…
- Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
- And not a vanity is given in vain.
- To dazzle let the vain design, To raise the thought and touch the heart, be thine!
- Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
- Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with…
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- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or… — Alexander Pope
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