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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild In Wit a man Simplicity, a child.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others' good, or melt at others' woe.
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Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
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No, make me mistress to the man I love If there be yet another name more free More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
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True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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The race by vigour, not by vaunts, is won.
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But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove Ye gods! And is there no relief for love?
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
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A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.
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Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?
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Who pants for glory, finds but short repose A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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