No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying,…

Alexander Pope
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try. ✨ Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by … ▶
To err is human; to forgive, divine. ✨ An Essay on Criticism l. 525 (1711). The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes, Although known in Latin (humanum est errare, it is human to err) and in earlier En … ▶
Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ✨ Alexander Pope (1794). The works of Alexander Pope, with remarks and illustrations. By G. Wakefield, p.245
But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat. ✨ 'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Lord Bathurst' (1733) l. 97
With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?-She wants a heart. ✨ Alexander Pope (1873). The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolph … ▶

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

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