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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Nor in the critic let the man be lost.
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Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's blessed.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd
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Of fight or fly, This choice is left ye, to resist or die.
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