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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All nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see All discord, harmony not understood All partial evil, universal good And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.Alexander Pope
Formed by thy converse happily to steer; From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
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Some daemon stole my pen (forgive th' offence)And once betrayed me into common sense. Else all my prose and verse were much the same.
Alexander Pope
An obstinate person does not hold opinions they hold them.
Alexander Pope
O happiness our being's end and aim Good, pleasure, ease, content whate'er thy name That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
Alexander Pope
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