To err is human to forgive, divine.
In words as fashions the same rule will hold,Alike fantastic if too new or oldBe not the first by whome the new are tried,Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
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