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A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
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Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?
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When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
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Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.
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