“There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.”
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Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
“Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with a life
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...
“If faith itself has different dresses worn, What wonder modes in wit should take their turn?”
Source: Poetical works
“For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.”
Source: The Select Works of Alexander Pope: With the Life and Portrait of the Author
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: With a Selection of Explanatory Notes
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
“A perfect judge will read each word of wit with the same spirit that its author writ.”
Source: An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. The second edition, corrected. By Joseph Warton
“Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope
Source: A Select Collection of Poems: Viz. An Essay on Man; An Essay on Criticism; The Messiah; &c. &c. ... To which are Prefixed, An Account of the Life of the Author
Source: The poetical works: with his last corrections, additions and improvements : with the life of the author ; embellished with superb engravings
Source: An Essay on Criticism
“The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with his last corrections, additions and improvements
“Wit and judgment often are at strife.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope
Source: The Poetical Works of A. Pope, Esq: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author
“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with a life
“Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.”
“There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles
“One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly
Source: Essay on Man and Other Poems
“Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson
“Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.”
“True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.”
“To teach vain Wits that Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!”
“Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit, There is no cure 'gainst age but it”
“You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson