Quote by Alexander Pope
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. – Alexander Pope

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope

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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her. – Alexander Pope

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When we look on the characters of man and woman, we cannot but perceive that neither is perfect by itself, but that each needs the other for its perfection…. Hence the one must be softened by tender emotions, and the other strengthened by firmness. – Frederick A. Rauch, Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Including Anthropo

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The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has – Alan Ashley-Pitt

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Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world. – Walter Savage Landor

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Look, when that crowd gets to cheering, when we know theyre with us, when we know they like us, we play better. A hell of a lot better! – Bill Carlin

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