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Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
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Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
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Lo! the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way.
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Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
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Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.
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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
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Tis strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoyIs it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?
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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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The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
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Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.
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But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song.
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Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.
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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!
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To err is human to forgive, divine.
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A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
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The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature.
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There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
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