Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

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.

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...

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

'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...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

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?

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

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...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

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.

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...

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

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

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