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Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.
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To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
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And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
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The zeal of fools offends at any time.
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