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" People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what... "
The Works of Alexander Pope - Página 47
de Alexander Pope - 1737
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Many thoughts of many minds. Compiled by H. Southgate

Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 páginas
...places; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admit« of flourishing. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. Pepe. CONCEIT— Workings o£ Conceit in weakest bodies...
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The Molyneux family: or, How to do good

Julia Addison - 1865 - 314 páginas
...enjoy pleasures without him, which, but for his wilfulness, he might have shared." 71 CHAPTER V. " Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve." — POPE. " Aim at perfection in everything, though in...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volúmenes 24-25

1870 - 300 páginas
...conscience is like a whirlpool, drawing in all to itself which would otherwise pass by. — Fuller. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty, it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. — Pope. Despise a man, and you become of the kind you...
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The Works of ...

Alexander Pope - 1871 - 512 páginas
...places; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. There is a certain majesty in simplicity, which is far...
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Arthur's Home Magazine, Volúmenes 37-38

1871 - 730 páginas
...social intercourse is sometimes a gad treachery; and when it is not treacherous, it ig often foolish. CONCEIT is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. WHAT THE PUBLIC LOST. BY MARY ELLA ПГПТТ. " Л1 TRLS,"...
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A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 1

Edwin Abbott, Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1875 - 398 páginas
...places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well that it hardly ever admits of flourishing. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty : it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve." Pope's English is not only correct, it is also, as Dryden's...
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The Golden Gems of Life, Or, Gathered Jewels for the Home Circle

Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1880 - 686 páginas
...world. It is vanity drawn from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. It is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. He who gives himself airs of importance exhibits the...
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Something to read, ed. by E.J. Brett. [With] Something to read novelette

Edwin John Brett - 632 páginas
...enoagh. A GOOD speller always keeps an i to business. PROUD hearts and lofty mountains are always barren. CONCEIT is to nature what paint is to beauty ; It is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. ONE girl copyist said to another, "Do you like these copies...
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The voice of wisdom, a treasury of moral truths from the best authors ...

Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 páginas
...some good, the Latter following the former as surely as day follows night. — iR. Ellis. Conceit. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. — Pope. Conceit, as viewed by God. Nothing in men is...
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The Golden Gems of Life: Or, Gathered Jewels for the Home Circle

Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1884 - 648 páginas
...world. It is vanity drawn from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. It is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. He who gives himself airs of importance exhibits the...
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