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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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That each from other differs, first confess next that he varies from himself no less.
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Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart a rake.
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
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And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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