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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild In Wit a man Simplicity, a child.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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O Love! for Sylvia let me gain the prize, And make my tongue victorious as her eyes.
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There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they would, One they must want--which is, to pass for good.
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