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Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow The rest is all but leather and prunello.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?-She wants a heart.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
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Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?
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