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Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.
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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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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
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