“We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.”
More from Alexander Pope on Wisdom
“To err is human to forgive divine.”
“Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“To err is human to forgive divine.”
“The learned is happy nature to explore the fool is happy that he knows no more.”
“Know thy own point: this kind, this due degreeOf blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.”
“There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it.”
“Make use of every friend— and every foe.”
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
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Dalai Lama
22 quotes“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“Honesty's the best policy.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
Confucius
19 quotes“If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”
William Penn
14 quotes“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be...”