Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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

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

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

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...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

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...