Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.


Mr. Pope's literary correspondence for thirty years, from 1704 to 1734 (ed. 1735)

Alexander Pope Quotes

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.