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And little eagles wave their wings in gold.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
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Fortune in men has some small diff'rence made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade, The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd.
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Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others' good, or melt at others' woe.
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You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.
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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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The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.
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Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
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Education forms the common mind.
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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
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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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See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.
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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
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In death a hero, as in life a friend!
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The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.
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Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.
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Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.
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Order is heaven's first law.
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Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.
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