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To err is human to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well?
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That each from other differs, first confess next that he varies from himself no less.
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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