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• The saint sustain'd it, but the woman died. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epitaph on Mrs.
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• A wit 's a feather, and a chief a rod; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 247...
• Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 379...
• The mildest manners, and the gentlest heart.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xvii, Line 756...
• The mildest manners with the bravest mind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book xxiv, Line 963...
• And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book ii, Line 34...
• Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line 917...
• Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epitaph on the Hon. S. Harcou...
• Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise
  Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man....