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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue, and to me Dwell in a monk, or light upon a king, She's still the same belov'd, contented thing.
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Yes, I am proud I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.
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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
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Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
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You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.
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Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.
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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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Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.
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Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit, There is no cure 'gainst age but it
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A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more subject to be out of order.
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Trade it may help, society extend, But lures the Pirate, ant corrupts the friend: It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and the land's betray'd.
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