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Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
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To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so.
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
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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.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.
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