Condemned whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more.
--Alexander Pope
There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.
--Alexander Pope
Yet still a sad, good Christian at the heart.
--Alexander Pope
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
--Alexander Pope
Who shall decide when doctors disagree?
--Alexander Pope
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd,
like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees,
will often be stung for his curiosity.
--Alexander Pope
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
--Alexander Pope
Men should be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
--Alexander Pope,
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
--Alexander Pope
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