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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate'er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.
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How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
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For forms of faith let graceless zealots fight his can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
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Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
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