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Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.

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 proper study of Mankind is Man.
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Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.
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There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity both being equally subject to change.
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Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
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The grave unites where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!
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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser's way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard to be distinguish'd by a man himself, from a strong inclination: and if his genius be ever so great, he can not at first discover it any other way, than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which renders him the more liable to be mistaken.
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And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?
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With the mistake your life goes in reverse. Now you can see exactly what you did Wrong yesterday and wrong the day before And each mistake leads back to something worse.
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