True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'e…

Alexander Pope
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True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit. ✨ Alexander Pope (2012). Essay on Man and Other Poems, p.12, Courier Corporation
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