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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.
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And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
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The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.
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Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.
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I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
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All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see All discord, harmony not understood All partial evil, universal good.
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Man, like the generous vine, supported lives the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.
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Whatever is, is right.
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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
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Love, Hope, and Joy, fair pleasure's smiling train, Hate, Fear, and Grief, the family of pain, These mix'd with art, and to due bounds confin'd Make and maintain the balance of the mind.
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