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Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.
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Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
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