To err is human; to forgive, divine.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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