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And make each day a critic on the last.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
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At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
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Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Education forms the common mind.
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And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.
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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.
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But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
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Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.
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The heart resolves this matter in a trice, Men only feel the smart, but not the vice.
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Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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If, presume not to God to scan The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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