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Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

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 strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoyIs it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?
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Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right.
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Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.
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He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that.
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Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.
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The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.
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Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature.
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In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.
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First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art.
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Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury or idleness, Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain.
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