Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread
The line For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. was first written by Alexander Pope in his poem An Essay on Criticism.
It has since been used as follows:
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“Fools rush in
Where wise men never go.”
—Johnny Mercer (1909–1976)
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“Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short;
And done, we straight repent us of the sport:
Let us not then rush blindly on unto it,
Like lustfull beasts, that onely know to doe it:”
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“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“We need not fear excessive influence. A more generous trust is permitted. Serve the great. Stick at no humiliation. Grudge no office thou canst render. Be the limb of their body, the breath of their mouth. Compromise thy egotism.”
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“For wheresoe’er I turn my ravished eyes,
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise,
Poetic fields encompass me around,
And still I seem to tread on classic ground.”
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