“I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.”
More from Alexander Pope on Wisdom
“We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.”
“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.”
“For fools admire but men of sense approve.”
“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.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”