“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

Alexander Pope
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“The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still.”

Alexander Pope
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“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body nature is, and God the soul.”

Alexander Pope
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“He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.”

Alexander Pope
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“Teach me to feel another’s wo, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.”

Alexander Pope
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“For forms of government let fools contest; Whate’er is best administered is best.”

Alexander Pope
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“Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.”

Alexander Pope
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“How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.”

Alexander Pope
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“True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.”

Alexander Pope
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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.”

Alexander Pope
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