“The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.”
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An English poet, best known for his satire and translations.
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“The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.”
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“Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?”
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“Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.”
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“Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.”
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“I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
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“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
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“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”
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“Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.”
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“A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.”
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“Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.”
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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”
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“Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”
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“Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.”
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“The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
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“Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.”
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“Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”
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“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
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“A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.”
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“Order is heaven's first law.”
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“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.”
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