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There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.
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To teach vain Wits that Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!
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Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
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