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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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All seems infected that th' infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
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Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person they make friendships as kings of old made leagues, who sacrificed some poor animal betwixt them, and commenced strict allies so the ladies, after they have pulled some character to pieces, are from henceforth inviolable friends.
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