The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Canst thou forget that sad, that solemn day,When victims at yon altar's foot we lay?
Alexander Pope
What blessings thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away;
For God is paid when man receives;
T' enjoy is to obey.
Alexander Pope
Statesman, yet friend to truth of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
Alexander Pope
Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave.
Alexander Pope
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Alexander Pope
Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
Alexander Pope
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