45 quotes
English poet (1688–1744)
“To err is human to forgive divine.”
"To err is human to forgive divine."
on Wisdom
"How shall I love the sin yet keep the sense And love the offender yet detest the offence?"
on Love
"Thus education forms the common mind Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
on Education
"Men would be angels Angels would be gods."
on Philosophy
"All are but parts of one stupendous whole Whose body Nature is and God the soul."
"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."
on Emotion
"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so."
"There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it."
"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."
"Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, they rise, they break, and to that sea return."
"For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best."
on Politics
"When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything each of them generally gets that which he likes least."
on Relationships
"Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man."
on Self Awareness
"'Tis education forms the common mind Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
"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."
"For he lives twice who can at once employ,The present well, and e’en the past enjoy."
on Mindfulness
"The learned is happy nature to explore the fool is happy that he knows no more."
"For fools admire but men of sense approve."
