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Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.
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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
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To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
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Avoid Extremes and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
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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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Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
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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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Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.
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In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
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Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, 'Tis for mine For me kind nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower.
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades.
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Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
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Only music has the ability to take you to the edge of reality and allow you to peek in for a moment.
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