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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart a rake.
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Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.
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Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.
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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
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Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.
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Our grandsire, Adam, ere of Eve possesst, Alone, and e'en in Paradise unblest, With mournful looks the blissful scenes survey'd, And wander'd in the solitary shade. The Maker say, took pity, and bestow'd Woman, the last, the best reserv'd of God.
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True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
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