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There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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It is observable that the ladies frequent tragedies more than comedies the reason may be, that in tragedy their sex is deified and adored, in comedy exposed and ridiculed.
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.
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Dulness! whose good old cause I yet defend, With whom my muse began, with who shall end.
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Dogs, ye have had your day!
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For forms of government, let fools contest Whate'er is best administered, is best.
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Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.
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Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.
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Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
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In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.
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And make each day a critic on the last.
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