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I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.

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 not so much the being exempt from faults, as having overcome them, that is an advantage to us.
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
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Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.
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Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.
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