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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Live like yourself, was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.
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Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.
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Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.
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You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.
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Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
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