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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right.
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Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
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