Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
Writers and Writing
Quotations by Alexander Pope

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7. Man muß die Menschen so belehren, als ob man sie nicht belehrte, und unbekannte Dinge vortragen, als seien sie nur vergessen. (Alexander Pope) Geburtstag und ZITAT DES TAGES von heute: Alexander Pope (21.5.1688 – 30.5.1744) Schriftsteller, Übersetzer, Herausgeber, Dichter, ‘Pastorals’, ‘Essay on Criticism’, ‘The Rape of the Lock – Der Lockenraub’, ‘The Dunciad’, ‘Windsor Forest’, ‘Sheffields’ (England, 1688 – 1744). Bauernregel des Tages: Ist’s im Mai recht kalt und naß, haben die Maikäfer wenig Spaß. Heute ist: Freitag, [...]...