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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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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Praise is like ambergrease: a little whiff of it, and by snatches, is very agreeable but when a man holds a whole lump of it to your nose, it is a stink, and strikes you down.
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Of fight or fly, This choice is left ye, to resist or die.
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