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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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On cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.
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But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
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But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
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Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
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Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
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Who pants for glory, finds but short repose A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.
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Oh! be thou blest with all that Heaven can send, Long health, long youth, long pleasure-and a friend.
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Some have at first for wits, then poets passed, Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.
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The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer. The whole book of Job, with regard both to sublimity of thought and morality, exceeds, beyond all comparison, the most noble parts of Homer.
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Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
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