Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or...

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

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...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

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?...

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...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and...

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and...