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Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
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Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!
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The light of Heaven restore Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.
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Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
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Yes, I am proud I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.
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All seems infected that th' infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.
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Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
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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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Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well?
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Chaste to her husband, frank to all beside, A teeming mistress, but a barren bride.
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