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Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women ca

Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can. – Alexander Pope

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. – Alexander Pope

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Art
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Alexander Pope
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The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. – Alexander Pope

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Change
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Alexander Pope
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reservd to blame, or to commend,
A timrous foe, and a suspicious friend. – Alexander Pope

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Satire
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Alexander Pope
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Womens virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – Jane Austen

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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. – Franklin P. Adams

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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. – Gertrude Stein

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