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Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Astrologers that future fates foreshow.
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Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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