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Heaven breathes thro' ev'ry member of the whole One common blessing, as one common soul.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
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Order is heaven's first law.
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
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Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.
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That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
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Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
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Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.
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The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser's way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are fluttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. O never fear, lads, naught's to dread, Look not to left nor right: In all the endless road you tread There's nothing but the night.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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