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Every man has just as much va...

Every man has just as much vanity as he wants understanding.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

For when success a lover's to...

For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

What so pure, which envious t...

What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a wife, The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life; A bosom serpent, a domestic evil, A night invasion, and a mid-day devil; Let not the wise these sland'rous words regard, But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

But touch me, and no minister...

But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Mark what unvary'd laws prese...

Mark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

So man, who here seems princi...

So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Oh! if to dance all night, an...

Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; . . . . To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

But see how oft ambition's ai...

But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost!

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

While man exclaims, "See all ...

While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

True Wit is Nature to advanta...

True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

There never was any party, fa...

There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Old politicians chew on wisdo...

Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Though triumphs were to gener...

Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Death, only death, can break ...

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Our grandsire, Adam, ere of E...

Our grandsire, Adam, ere of Eve possesst, Alone, and e'en in Paradise unblest, With mournful looks the blissful scenes survey'd, And wander'd in the solitary shade. The Maker say, took pity, and bestow'd Woman, the last, the best reserv'd of God.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

On life's vast ocean diversel...

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

See plastic Nature working to...

See plastic Nature working to this end, The single atoms each to other tend, Attract, attracted to, the next in place Form'd and impell'd its neighbor to embrace.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Still follow sense, of ev'ry ...

Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Envy will merit, as its shade...

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Fool, 'tis in vain from wit t...

Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....