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Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart a rake.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.
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Yes, I am proud I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.
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O Love! for Sylvia let me gain the prize, And make my tongue victorious as her eyes.
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But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song.
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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
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What bosom beast not in his country's cause?
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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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