--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Learn to live well, or fairly make your…" description: "\"Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill: walk sober off; before a sprightlier age comes titte..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/alexander-pop-217575_age_learn-to-live-well-or-fairly-make-your-w_2855488.jpg" --- # Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played… ![“Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill: walk sober off; before a sprightlier age comes tittering on, and shoves you from the stage: leave such to trifle with more grace and ease, whom Folly pleases, and whose Follies please.” quote by Alexander Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/alexander-pop-217575_age_learn-to-live-well-or-fairly-make-your-w_2855488.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/alexander-pop-217575_age_learn-to-live-well-or-fairly-make-your-w_2855488.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/alexander-pop-217575_age_learn-to-live-well-or-fairly-make-your-w_2855488.jpg) > “Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill: walk sober off; before a sprightlier age comes tittering on, and shoves you from the stage: leave such to trifle with more grace and ease, whom Folly pleases, and whose Follies please.” [Alexander Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pop/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Live virtufully and modestly; avoid excess, stay sober, and let folly pass gracefully. **In simple terms:** Live well, stay sober, avoid folly. Key Takeaway Practice modest living. Themes life moderation humility Mood poetic instructive Type Age:0 Funny:0 Live well:1 Sober Sprightlier:0 Live Fairly:0 Ease Folly:0 Folly Pleases:0 Leave Trifle:0 When to use this quote - personal development - literary analysis - spiritual guidance - null Key Concepts philosophy ethics Questions to Reflect On - calm - thoughtful A Different Perspective What habits help you stay modest? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Ease Folly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ease-folly-3823725/) [Folly Pleases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folly-pleases-3823726/) [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Leave Trifle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leave-trifle-3823727/) [Live Fairly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-fairly-2121219/) [Live well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-well/) [Sober Sprightlier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sober-sprightlier-2121217/) ## Related quotes > [Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; You've play'd, and lov'd, and ate, and drank your fill: Walk sober off, before a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/learn-to-live-well-or-fairly-make-your-will-you-ve-play-d-and-lov-d/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Live well, that's the greatest revenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/live-well-that-s-the-greatest-revenge/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. 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