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"Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well."
Essay on Poetry.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"There 's no such thing in Nature; and you 'll draw A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw."
Essay on Poetry.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Read Homer once, and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need."
Essay on Poetry.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain