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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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The light of Heaven restore Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
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Hope springs eternal.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise.
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Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.
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