'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in woman-kind

Quote by Alexander Pope

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While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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...

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.

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...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

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

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

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

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:...

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.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.