Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
ALEXANDER POPENo 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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