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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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That each from other differs, first confess next that he varies from himself no less.
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But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
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A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
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