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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.
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Of fight or fly, This choice is left ye, to resist or die.
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