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Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy to catch me, just at dinner-time.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Leave not a foot of verse, a foot of stone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick.
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Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.
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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
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Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable A vile conceit in pompous words express'd, Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd.
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When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.
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Curse on all laws but those which love has made.
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Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
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True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
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All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. [and therefore the solution is to fix the jaundiced eye.]
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All chance, direction, which thou canst not see
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Only music has the ability to take you to the edge of reality and allow you to peek in for a moment.
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Talk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.
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The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know.
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The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.
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Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.
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What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
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Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes At every word a reputation dies.
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