Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.Alexander Pope
And you, brave Cobham to the latest breath Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.
Alexander Pope
In every age,
In ev'ry clime ador'd,
By saint, by savage, and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
Alexander Pope
Now night descending, the proud scene was o'er, But lived in Settle's numbers one day more.
Alexander Pope
In Men, we various Ruling Passions find;
In Women, two almost divide the kind;
Those, only fix'd, they first or last obey,
The Love of Pleasure, and the Love of Sway.
Alexander Pope
I was not born for courts and great affairs,but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
Alexander Pope
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