Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

Alexander Pope

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To err is human; to forgive, divine. by Alexander Pope

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. by Alexander Pope

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.

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Act well your part, there all the honour lies. by Alexander Pope

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not... by Alexander Pope

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest. by Alexander Pope

Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because t... by Alexander Pope

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. by Alexander Pope

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

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This long disease, my life. by Alexander Pope

This long disease, my life.

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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards. by Alexander Pope

A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.

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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, by Alexander Pope

Sleep and death, two twins of winged race,

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but alway... by Alexander Pope

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest. by Alexander Pope

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

What then remains, but well our power to use, by Alexander Pope

What then remains, but well our power to use,

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A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also. JOHN LOCKE, "Of a King", The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.

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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. by Alexander Pope

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

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