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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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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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Whoe'er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.
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But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.
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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).
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Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
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Age and want sit smiling at the gate.
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No craving void left aching in the soul.
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When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.
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