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From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, as a king's favorite or a king.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The zeal of fools offends at any time.
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
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In men, we various ruling passions find In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.
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O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.
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Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.
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There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
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You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.
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Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
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