Occupation: Poet Birth: May 21, 1688 Death: May 30, 1744
There is a majesty in simplicity..
What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own..
Truth needs not flowers of speech..
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame..
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest..
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them..
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread..
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon..
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think..
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..
Act well your part, there all the honour lies..
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring..
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have..
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone..
Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me..
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..
All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven..
Our judgments, like our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own.
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 back….
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 c….