Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.Alexander Pope
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Ah let thy handmaid, sister, daughter move,
And all those tender names in one, thy love!
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Why did I write what sin to me unknown; Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own.
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Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
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Come thou, my father, brother, husband, friend!
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