Tis not enough, your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not; And thi… - Alexander Pope

Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.

Tis not enough your counsel still be true;
Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do;
Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown proposed as things forgot.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not the things unknown, but the things forgotten.

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise;
Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

Tis not enough, your counsel still be true;
Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do;

Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill
Appear in writing or in judging ill

Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.