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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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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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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
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Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
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The light of Heaven restore Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.
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A long, exact, and serious comedy In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
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