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The Literature Page Showing quotations 1 to 16 of 16 total A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Alexander PopeAmusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. Alexander PopeAn honest man is the noblest work of God. Alexander PopeAnd all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too. Alexander PopeBe thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. Alexander PopeFools admire, but men of sense approve. Alexander PopeHe 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. Alexander PopeMan: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Alexander PopeOur passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. Alexander PopeSome people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon. Alexander PopeHow happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd; Alexander Pope, "Eloisa to Abelard"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
and drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope, An essay on CriticismTo err is human, to forgive divine. Alexander Pope, An Essay on CriticismBe not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss. Alexander Pope, Essay on CriticismBlessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Alexander Pope, Letter to Gay, October 6, 1727
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