An epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot. Quotes

“Out with it, Dunciad: let the secret pass -
That secret to each fool - that he's an ass.
The truth once told (and whereby should we lie?),
The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
You think this cruel? Take it for a rule,
No creature smarts so little as a fool.”
― Alexander Pope, An epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot.

“Oh let me live my own! and die so too!
("To live and die is all I have to do:")
Maintain a poet's dignity and ease,
And see what friends, and read what books I please.”
― Alexander Pope, An epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot.