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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Hope springs eternal.
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Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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True self-love and social are the same.
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Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.
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On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit With the same spirit that its author writ: Survey the Whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind.
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The grave unites where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!
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The good must merit God's peculiar care But who but God can tell us who they are?
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See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.
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Interspersed in lawn and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each others' shades.
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At present we can only reason of the divine justice from what we know of justice in man. When we are in other scenes, we may have truer and nobler ideas of it but while we are in this life, we can only speak from the volume that is laid open before us.
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Mark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.
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