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Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own because they resemble the Ancients, may as well say our faces are not our own, because they are like our Fathers: And indeed it is very unreasonable, that people should expect us to be Scholars, and yet be angry to find us so.
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The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.
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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild In Wit a man Simplicity, a child.
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Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.
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There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
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