The picture, placed the busts between,
Adds to the thought much strength:
Wisdom and Wit are little seen,
But Folly's at full length.


'On Mr Nash's Picture at Full Length, between the Busts of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr Pope' (1744)

Jane Brereton Quotes

The picture, placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength: Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly's at full length.

The picture, placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength: Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly's at full length.

The picture, placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength: Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly's at full length.

The picture, placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength: Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly's at full length.