To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

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.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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

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

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

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

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 chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

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.

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.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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.

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....