All nature is but art unknown to thee.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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The laughers are a majority.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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