“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
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An English poet, best known for his satire and translations.
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
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“I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.”
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“Till tired, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.”
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“Thus education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
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“'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”
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“Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
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“How shall I love the sin, yet keep the sense, And love the offender, yet detest the offence?”
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“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
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“There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.”
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“He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.”
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“Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.”
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“False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy,...”
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest.”
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”
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“The learned is happy, nature to explore, the fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
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“The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.”
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“A perfect judge will read each word of wit with the same spirit that its author writ.”
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“What dire offence from am'rous causes springs. What mighty contests rise from trivial things.”
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