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Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach, from infinite to Thee, From Thee to nothing.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.
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Whoe'er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.
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