Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. (Alexander Pope)

Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

Alexander Pope

Related topics

found fruit leaves sense words

Related quotes

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. View quote
Georgia O'Keeffe
Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. View quote
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon
Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. View quote
Theocritus
The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. View quote
Metastasio
To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there. View quote
Thiruvalluvar