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Know then thyself presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.

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Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

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Then say not man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault;. Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.

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If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

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Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: ...more

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Know then thyself; presume not God to scan,The proper study of mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely ...more