And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
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If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind Or, ravished with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell damned to everlasting fame.Alexander Pope
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Alexander Pope
When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devils leavings.
Alexander Pope
Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands in unskillful, the most mischievous.
Alexander Pope
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,
Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
Alexander Pope
Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried; The saint sustained it, but the woman died.
Alexander Pope
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