Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

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.

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...

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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...

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents...

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...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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?

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man