True wit is Nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.


An Essay on Criticism (1711) l. 297


True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.