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Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honour clear;
Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Moral Essays, Epistle to Mr. Addison
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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 285...
Not always actions show the man; we find Who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle i, Line 109...
To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iv, Line 149...
She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or if she rules him, never shows she rules.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle ii, Line 261...
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall.
Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?...
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,-- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies....
Friend after friend departs; Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end....
And mistress of herself though china fall.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle ii, Line 268...
But thousands die without or this or that,-- Die, and endow a college or a cat.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 95...