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Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, 'Tis for mine For me kind nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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A pear-tree planted nigh: 'Twas charg'd with fruit that made a goodly show, And hung with dangling pears was every bough.
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Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
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But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
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Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.
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For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
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