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.
ALEXANDER POPE
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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If, 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.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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