" To err is human, to forgive divine. "

Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss. "

Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; thus unlamented let me die; steal from the world, and not a stone tell where I lie. "

Alexander Pope, “Ode to Solitude” English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" To err is human, to forgive divine. "

Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Honor and shame from no condition rise.
Act well your part: there all the honor lies. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" To err is human; to forgive, divine. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise! "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

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

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" What will a child learn sooner than a song? "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

" There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. "

Alexander Pope English poet & satirist (1688 – 1744)

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