Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
ALEXANDER POPEIf, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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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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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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