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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In lazy apathy let stoics boast Their virtue fix'd 't is fix'd as in a frost Contracted all, retiring to the breast But strength of mind is exercise, not rest.Alexander Pope
The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires, And savage howlings fill the sacred quires.
Alexander Pope
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
Alexander Pope
What beck'ning ghost, along the moon-light shade
Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?
Alexander Pope
Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
Alexander Pope
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
Alexander Pope
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