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Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
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But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!
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Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!
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You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.
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To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
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Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
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Virtue alone is happiness below.
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Genius creates, and taste preserves.
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'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all.
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All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.
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