To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

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In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

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Let the unlearned learn, and the learned delight in remembering.

Alexander Pope in An essay on Criticism (1711)
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Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

poem by Alexander Pope
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Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

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The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope in letter to Gay, October 6, 1727
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

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Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

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