Alexander Pope said this quote

“ The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error and misery. ”

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If I am right, Thy grace impartStill in the right to stay;If I am wrong, O, teach my heartTo find that better way!

~ Alexander Pope

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.

~ Alexander Pope

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

~ Alexander Pope

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

~ Alexander Pope