Alexander Pope Quote

For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.


Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)


For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.