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By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
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Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own because they resemble the Ancients, may as well say our faces are not our own, because they are like our Fathers: And indeed it is very unreasonable, that people should expect us to be Scholars, and yet be angry to find us so.
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Astrologers that future fates foreshow.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove Ye gods! And is there no relief for love?
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One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.
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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.
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Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd if right, I kiss'd the rod.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The enormous faith of many made for one.
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Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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I would not be like those Authors, who forgive themselves some particular lines for the sake of a whole Poem, and vice versa a whole Poem for the sake of some particular lines. I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.
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It is sure the hardest science to forget!
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At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
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But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Giving advice is many times only the privilege of saying a foolish thing one's self, under the pretense of hindering another from doing one.
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Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
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