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The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
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And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?
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Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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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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And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.
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The grave unites where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!
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