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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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To dazzle let the vain design, To raise the thought and touch the heart, be thine!
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