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.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.