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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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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.
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Not always actions show the man we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
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