Tomás de Iriarte

thumb| Tomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte; 18 September 1750 – 17 September 1791) was a Spanish neoclassical poet. Attributed Beautiful Thoughts from German and Spanish Authors (1880) C. T. Ramage, Beautiful Thoughts from German and Spanish Authors, rev. ed. (1880) pp. 524–33   Guarde para su regaloEsta sentencia un autor;Si el sabio no aprueba, malo!Si el necio aplaude, peor! Let every author regard this maxim for a rule: If the wise do not express their approbation, it is bad; if the fool applaud, it is worse. Maxim for an Author. Fab. 3 Perdonadme, sutiles y altas Musas,Las que hacéis vanidad de ser confusas.Os puedo yo decir con mejor modoQue sin la claridad os falta todo? Thus, might I drop into an author's ear  A piece of counsel, I would say, "Be sure,Whate'er you write, to keep your meaning clear;  For dulness only ever is obscure. — Rockliff Let Your Meaning Be Clear. Fab. 6 Forty Thousand Quotations (1917) C. N. Douglas, Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917) Dress does not give knowledge. Let the man who despises style, and says that he attends to the matter, recollect that if the lace is sold at a higher price than the noble metal, it owes its chief value to its elegance, and not to its material. The foolish and vulgar are always accustomed to value equally the good and the bad. The quill hath a good tongue. External links Category:1750 births Category:1791 deaths Category:Poets from Spain