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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.
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There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.
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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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When to mischief mortals bend their will, how soon they find it instruments of ill.
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The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.
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While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.
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To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite.
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To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
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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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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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