True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Alexander PopeVice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Alexander PopeIt is not so much the being exempt from faults, as having overcome them, that is an advantage to us.
Alexander Pope