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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

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...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

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

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius...

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...