Alexander Pope - An Essay on Criticism

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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

Alexander Pope

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

Alexander Pope

To teach vain Wits that Science little known,
T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!

Alexander Pope

Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.

Alexander Pope

'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.

Alexander Pope

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.

Alexander Pope

Some praise at morning what they blame at night;
But always think the last opinion right.

Alexander Pope

Such labored nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd, and make the learned smile.

Alexander Pope

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

Alexander Pope