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Quote by Alexander Pope
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, a

By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned. – Alexander Pope

Other quotes by Alexander Pope

Teach me to feel anothers woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me. – Alexander Pope

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Mercy
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Alexander Pope
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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

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Business
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Strangers
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama… Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. – Haniel Long

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Strangers

I do desire we may be better strangers. – William Shakespeare

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Strangers

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity. – Germaine Greer

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Strangers

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson

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Strangers

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The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in our turn. – R. D. Laing

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Fellowship

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. – Thomas Wolfe

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Money

The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism. – Michael Pollan

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For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier… I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. – Steven Wright

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