I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
Alexander Pope
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- Thoughts on Various Subjects.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Alexander Pope entry; Thoughts on Various Subjects.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary excerpts, not claims of personal spoken
- Thoughts on Various Subjects.
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