Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king. - Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope: "Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king."

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Bliss	Circumstance	Common	Condition
Confessed	Greater	Happier	Heavens
Hence	Infers	King	Must
Order	Rest	Rich	Same
Sense	Shocks	Subject	Such
Thing	Wise

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