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The search of our future being is but a needless, anxious, and haste to be knowing, sooner than we can, what, without all this solicitude, we shall know a little later.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
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But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
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