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Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
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On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.
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There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.
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To teach vain Wits that Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!
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Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
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If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent degree he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more than many good friends can pretend to do.
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Love finds an altar for forbidden fires.
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No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.
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