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Dogs, ye have had your day!

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
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Mankind is unamendable.
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The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.
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She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.
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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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