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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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