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Beauty draws us with a single hair.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
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Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
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Say first, of god above or man below what can we reason but from what we know.
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Superstition is the spleen of the soul.
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Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.
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No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.
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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.
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Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.
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And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.
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Talk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.
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Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.
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Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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