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 POPENever find fault with the absent.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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