Quote#Art
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art
Quote byAlexander Pope · 1688–1744
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prologue to Mr. Addison's Cato (1713), Line 1.
English (original)
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage.
— Alexander Pope
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