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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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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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