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Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
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Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.
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Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly!
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Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
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Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.
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There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity both being equally subject to change.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each Seene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage.
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The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
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Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace To spin, to weep, and cully human race.
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All nature's diff'rence keeps all nature's peace.
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