Alexander Pope ( 10 of 261 )
Never find fault with the absent.
Never find fault with the absent.
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us
out?"
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us
out?"
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand,
And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.
Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand,
And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some read more
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
