John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3564 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3564 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Praise undeserv’d is scandal in disguise. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle i. Book ii. Line 413. |
| Note 1. This line is from a poem entitled “To the Celebrated Beauties of the British Court,” given in Bell’s “Fugitive Poetry,” vol. iii. p. 118. The following epigram is from “The Grove,” London, 1721:— When one good line did much my wonder raise, In Br—st’s work, I stood resolved to praise, And had, but that the modest author cries, “Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.” On a certain line of Mr. Br——, Author of a Copy of Verses called the British Beauties. [back] |