What oft was felt but ne're so well expressed was this Alexander Pope?
Answer:
It refers to wit and comes from An Essay on Criiticism. It is a misquotation!!! The whole quotation: "True wit is nature to advantage dressed / What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed."
Diana Loos
It is by Alexander Pope, comes from An Essay on Criticism and refers to wit. It is a misquotation!!! Here the whole context in the correct form:
True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.
Diana Loos
It is by Alexander Pope, comes from An Essay on Criticism and refers to wit. It is a misquotation!!! Here the whole context in the correct form:
True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.
Diana Loos
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