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Quote by Alexander Pope
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attemp

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. – Alexander Pope

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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Natures God. – Alexander Pope

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – 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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