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 POPETrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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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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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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