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Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
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In men, we various ruling passions find In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.
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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
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While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.
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Now warm in love, now with'ring in my bloom Lost in a convent's solitary gloom!
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