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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3482 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3482
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Those oft are stratagems which errors seem,
Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Essay on Criticism. Part i. Line 177.
 
Note 1.
Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus (Even the worthy Homer some times nods).—Horace: De Arte Poetica, 359. [back]
 


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