Never find fault with the absent.
ALEXANDER POPENo 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The laughers are a majority.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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