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And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? ↗

— Alexander Pope

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For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Men would be angels, angels would be gods. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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