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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .
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Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent.
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But touch me, and no minister so sore. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song.
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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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Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
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Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
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Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?
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Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.
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Avoid Extremes and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
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Judges and senates have been bought for gold Esteem and love were never to be sold.
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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.
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