John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3482 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3482 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Those oft are stratagems which errors seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Criticism. Part i. Line 177. |
| Note 1. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus (Even the worthy Homer some times nods).—Horace: De Arte Poetica, 359. [back] |