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" Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,
Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
False Eloquence, like the Prismatic Glass,
Its gawdy Colours spreads on ev’ry place;
The Face of Nature was no more Survey,
All glares alike, without Distinction gay:
But true Expression, like th’ unchanging Sun,
Clears, and improves whate’er it shines upon,
It gilds all Objects, but it alters none. "

Alexander Pope , An Essay On Criticism


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Alexander Pope quote : Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,<br />Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.<br />False Eloquence, like the Prismatic Glass,<br />Its gawdy Colours spreads on ev’ry place;<br />The Face of Nature was no more Survey,<br />All glares alike, without Distinction gay:<br />But true Expression, like th’ unchanging Sun,<br />Clears, and improves whate’er it shines upon,<br />It gilds all Objects, but it alters none.