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Cavil you may, but never criticise.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well?
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.
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Dogs, ye have had your day!
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just, a Chanc'llor juster still A Gownman learn'd a Bishop what you will Wise if a minister but if a King, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more ev'rything.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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And write about it, Goddess, and about it!
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I as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.
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Every man has just as much vanity as he wants understanding.
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Fear not the anger of the wise to raise Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
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And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?
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The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
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Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.
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Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.
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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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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).
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