Alexander Pope

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, read more

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
naked skins.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

Health consists with Temperance alone.

Health consists with Temperance alone.