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Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.
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Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.
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Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature.
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Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.
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All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.
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