To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
Vulgarity
Quotations by Alexander Pope
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. Alexander Pope
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