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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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The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature.
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Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
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Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside, A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.
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By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Whoe'er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally.
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I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
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Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace To spin, to weep, and cully human race.
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