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Man, like the generous vine, supported lives the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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What nature wants, commodious gold bestows 'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.
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Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.
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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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Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Fortune in men has some small diff'rence made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade, The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd.
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Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
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