Virtuous and vicious every man must be, Few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
More Quotes from Alexander Pope:
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Csar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise 'T is but to know how little can be known To see all others' faults, and feel our own.Alexander Pope
Mark what unvaried laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.
Alexander Pope
She, while her lover pants upon her breast, Can mark the figures on an Indian chest.
Alexander Pope
Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of Schools,
And some made Coxcombs Nature meant but Fools.
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 from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
Alexander Pope
That, Nature gives; and where the lesson taught
Is but to please, can Pleasure seem a fault?
Alexander Pope
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