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

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.
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To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.
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Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
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While man exclaims, See all things for my use! See man for mine! replies a pamper'd goose.
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I as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.
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But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right.
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Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
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If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!
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But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost!
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
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With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?-She wants a heart.
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So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools.
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Genius creates, and taste preserves.
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