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Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.

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 man that loves and laughs must sure do well.
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I as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
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Woman's at best a contradiction still.
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I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
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If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!
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At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.
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Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.
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But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.
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Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.
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