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 wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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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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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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