Experience, this; by Man's oppression curst,
They seek the second not to lose the first.
(Epistle II: To A Lady (of The Characters Of Women))
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Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell,
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel:
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Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause.
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Never elated when one man 's oppress'd Never dejected while another 's bless'd.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions they hold them.
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