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Genius creates, and taste preserves.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal with the Maker's praise.
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How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
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Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.
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When to mischief mortals bend their will, how soon they find it instruments of ill.
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If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
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The heart resolves this matter in a trice, Men only feel the smart, but not the vice.
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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The zeal of fools offends at any time.
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Oh, blindness to the future! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by heaven.
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Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.
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I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
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Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.
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Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?
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Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times.
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For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.
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Tis strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoyIs it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury or idleness, Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain.
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