The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore...

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore...

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.

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...

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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

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

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

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...

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

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...

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

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...

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes...

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...