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

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Trust Quotes

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

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...

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

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

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...

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 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.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

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.

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never...

I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never...

Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them...

Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them...