A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesA wit's a feather, and a chief a rod; An honest man's the noblest work of God.
Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
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- Wikiquote (en) · An Essay on Man · Epistle IV · estratto «A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;An honest man's the noblest work of God.» · Line 247; comparable with: "Man is his own star; and that soul that can / Be honest is the only perfect man", John Fletcher , Upon an "Honest Man’s Fortune"
- Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 2428
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