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

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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Genius creates, and taste preserves.
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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.
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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
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One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.
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The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.
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The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.
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Curse on all laws but those which love has made.
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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?
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The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.
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A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
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The enormous faith of many made for one.
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all.
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Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
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