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Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild In Wit a man Simplicity, a child.
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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
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The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
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True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
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Search then the ruling passion there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known The fool consistent, and the false sincere Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
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