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 POPEThe most positive men are the most credulous.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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