John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3563 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3563 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle i. Book ii. Line 304. |
| Note 1. See Sidney, Quotation 6. [back] |