True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Criticism, Part ii, Line 97
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Criticism, Part ii, Line 97
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But like a shadow proves the substance true.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Criticism,... - Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style,
Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
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How the wit brightens!
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-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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Nor is it Homer nods,
but we that dream. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) ... - One science only will one genius fit:
So vast is art,
so narrow human wit. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)... - Some to church repair,
Not for the doctrine, but the music there.
These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the... - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was,
nor is, nor e'er shall be. -- Alexander Pope (1688...
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