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You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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The good must merit God's peculiar care But who but God can tell us who they are?
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Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.
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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace if not, by any means get wealth and place.
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That each from other differs, first confess next that he varies from himself no less.
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The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in expenses of any consequence.
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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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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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No craving void left aching in the soul.
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There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.
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Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.
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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon.
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Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.
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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
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When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open Path leads to the changeless change - Non-Being, the glorious state of Absoluteness, the Bliss past human thought.
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Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
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The lights and shades, whose well-accorded strife gives all the strength and color of our life.
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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
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Consult the Genius of the Place in all.
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