True Wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, bet ne'er so well expressed.
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Ask you what provocation I have had The strong antipathy of good to bad.Alexander Pope
Unlucky, as Fungoso in the Play,
These Sparks with aukward Vanity display
What the Fine Gentleman wore Yesterday!
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In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies;
All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies.
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Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
Alexander Pope
The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease.
Alexander Pope
A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
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