Occupation: Poet Birth: May 21, 1688 Death: May 30, 1744
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone..
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread..
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me..
Act well your part, there all the honour lies..
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest..
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..
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
With the mistake your life goes in reverse. Now you can see exactly what you did Wrong yesterday and wrong the day before And each mistake leads backā¦.
Our judgments, like our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring..
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves..
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them..
What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own..
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think..
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..
There is a majesty in simplicity..
Truth needs not flowers of speech..
To err is human; to forgive, divine..
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have..
Every professional was once an amateur..
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole..