What did Alexander Pope mean by: Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss. - Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Friendship, Merit, Praise, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Gold, Judging, Love, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Alexander Pope, Arrogance, Praise, Quality, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ But if you’ll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Age, Wise, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Alexander Pope, Lying, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ There goes a saying, and ’twas shrewdly said, ”Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Bed, Sex, Tables, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 17, 2024, Alexander Pope, Honesty, Lying, Motivation, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Genius creates, and taste preserves. Feraz Zeid, June 5, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Pope, Genius, Intelligence, Sublime, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
