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Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis true the hardest science to forget.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Search then the ruling passion there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known The fool consistent, and the false sincere Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
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But honest instinct comes a volunteer Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart
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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
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