Tis not enough, your counsel still be true; Blunt truths mo… - Alexander Pope

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

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.

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Alternative Names: Pope the Poet • Alexander I Pope • Alexander, I Pope

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Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,
But the joint force and full result of all.

Brilho eterno de uma mente sem lembranças. Toda prece é ouvida, toda graça se alcança.

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Tak ucz ludzi, jak byś nie uczył ich wcale.
Lecz przypominał rzeczy znane im doskonale.

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

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