Alexander Pope Quotes about Wit

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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

Alexander Pope

Judgment, Wit, Critics

Alexander Pope (1825). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.49

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Alexander Pope

Sarcastic, Dunces, Wit

'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 4, l. 90

The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

Alexander Pope

Warfare, Earth, Wit

Alexander Pope, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Colley Cibber (1804). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with his last corrections, additions and improvements”, p.61