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A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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- Alexander Pope
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- Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 256 · printed citation: Alexander Pope. · compiler notes excluded
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