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Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.
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Who pants for glory, finds but short repose A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
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Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
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Offend her, and she knows not to forgive Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try.
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Hope humbly then with trembling pinions soar Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore What future bliss He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.
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The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.
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Fear not the anger of the wise to raise Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
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