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Who pants for glory, finds but short repose A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Nor in the critic let the man be lost.
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The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.
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Offend her, and she knows not to forgive Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.
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Woman's at best a contradiction still.
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True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
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Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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