Alexander Pope Quote

To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that did not fit him, only because they were made by some famous tailor.


The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Imitations of Horace (ed. 1797)


To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that...

To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that...

To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that...

To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes that...