But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

The People's voice is odd; It is, and it is not, the voice of God

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night. God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all...

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night. God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death