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Mankind is unamendable.

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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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Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
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Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.
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