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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
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Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n.
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See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot.
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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A perfect woman's but a softer man.
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Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
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The enormous faith of many made for one.
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Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought conceived creation's birth.
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One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.
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Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy to catch me, just at dinner-time.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?
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Oft in dreams invention we bestow to change a flounce or add a furbelow.
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Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.
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