For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er...

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er...

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...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

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

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

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

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.

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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:...

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making...

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...

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...