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Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.
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A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
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The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
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Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot.
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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
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As some to Church repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?
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