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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
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Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
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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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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?
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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
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But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song.
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