Alexander Pope Quotes about Simplicity
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
'Epitaph: On Mr Gay in Westminster Abbey' (1733)
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
Alexander Pope (1806). “The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles”, p.64