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But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's blessed.
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Oft in dreams invention we bestow to change a flounce or add a furbelow.
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Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.
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All nature's diff'rence keeps all nature's peace.
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Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.
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Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?
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Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
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Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.
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Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.
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