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A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

~William Cowper

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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

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An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.

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Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.

~William Cowper

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: November 26th, 1731

Died: April 25th, 1800

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