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The people's voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.
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Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?
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I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person they make friendships as kings of old made leagues, who sacrificed some poor animal betwixt them, and commenced strict allies so the ladies, after they have pulled some character to pieces, are from henceforth inviolable friends.
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No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.
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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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Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of our kitchens sprinkled with blood, and abounding with the cries of expiring victims or with the limbs of dead animals scattered or hung up here and there.
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