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These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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What nature wants, commodious gold bestows 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.
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Condition, circumstance, is not the thing Bliss is the same in subject or in king.
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A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.
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The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon.
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