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Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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As with narrow-necked bottles the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Know, Nature's children all divide her care, The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear.
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No more was seen the human form divine.
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Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another.
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Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.
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Avoid Extremes and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
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