Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
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John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby "An Essay on Poetry", line 2; cited from The Poetical Works of the Most Noble John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (Edinburg [sic]: Apollo Press, 1780) p. 281.
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Misattributed in Temple Bar (February 1863) p. 377, and by Giga Quotes.George Villiers Buckingham
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Of all those arts in which the wise excel,
Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.John Sheffield
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