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On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
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Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows.
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Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy to catch me, just at dinner-time.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.
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Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside, A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.
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True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
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Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.
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The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at if we laugh at it, they say we are proud if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.
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