Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

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.

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:...

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

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...

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

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...

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...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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...

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

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...