In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Fashion Quotes, Rules Quotes

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

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

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

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.

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?

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

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...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...