English - Poet | May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
Alexander Pope
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
ForgivenessHumanDivineForgiveErr
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest.
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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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.
MeFeelHideMercyTeachSee
Never find fault with the absent.
WisdomFindNeverFaultAbsent
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ManBlessedNothingNeverWhoHe
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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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
BlessedSomeoneNeverOppressed
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.
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