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Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit, There is no cure 'gainst age but it

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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But honest instinct comes a volunteer Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
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