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Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.
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And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show.
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Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
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Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
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Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
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