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 POPEEvery professional was once an amateur.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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