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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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