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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions they hold them.
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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
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In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.
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A mighty maze! But not without a plan.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
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Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
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Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
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Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
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A pear-tree planted nigh: 'Twas charg'd with fruit that made a goodly show, And hung with dangling pears was every bough.
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For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends
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