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A man of business may talk of philosophy a man who has none may practice it.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Man, like the generous vine, supported lives the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.
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The villain's censure is extorted praise.
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Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
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Judges and senates have been bought for gold Esteem and love were never to be sold.
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Health consists with temperance alone.
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See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
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What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser's way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.
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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?
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Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.
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In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.
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Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.
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