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Every woman is at heart a rake.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?
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Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd if right, I kiss'd the rod.
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
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To teach vain Wits that Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!
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In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.
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Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.
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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
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Mankind is unamendable.
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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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Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Tis true, 'tis certain man, though dead, retains Part of himself the immortal mind remains.
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.
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To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.
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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
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Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!
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Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.
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If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!
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