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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades.
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Every woman is at heart a rake.
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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
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Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.
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To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.
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On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Yes, I am proud I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Interspersed in lawn and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each others' shades.
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And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
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I would not be like those Authors, who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole Poem, and vice versa a whole Poem for the sake of some particular lines. I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.
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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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Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are madeTaller or stronger than the weeds they shade?Or ask of yonder argent fields above,Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?
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When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.
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Never elated while one man's oppress'd Never dejected while another's blessed.
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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
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Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.
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Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.
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Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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