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Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away . . . . To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost contracted all, retiring to the breast but strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.
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Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes And when in act they cease, in prospect rise.
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Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
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Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.
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The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all.
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Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
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