An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. – Alexander Pope
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. – Alexander Pope
An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. – Alexander Pope
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. – Alexander Pope
And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade. – Alexander Pope
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope