Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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.
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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.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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