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The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.
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Genuine religion is not so much a matter of feeling as a matter of principle.
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Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd
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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.
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Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
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Nor in the critic let the man be lost.
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Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.
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In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.
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A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
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What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.
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The good must merit God's peculiar care But who but God can tell us who they are?
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Only music has the ability to take you to the edge of reality and allow you to peek in for a moment.
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Women use lovers as they do cards they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Hope springs eternal.
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