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No craving void left aching in the soul.

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 to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate.
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A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.
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Heaven breathes thro' ev'ry member of the whole One common blessing, as one common soul.
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So man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace To spin, to weep, and cully human race.
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The villain's censure is extorted praise.
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Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
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Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.
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Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.
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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
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Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.
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But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey.
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How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart
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The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.
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There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.
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Oft in dreams invention we bestow to change a flounce or add a furbelow.
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Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.
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Genius involves both envy and calumny.
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