Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Of every four words I write, I strike out three.

Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last.

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

When we envy another, we make their virtue our vice.

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly.

Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.

What is conceived well is expressed clearly.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth alone is lovely.

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.

No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
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He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but can- not please himself.
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A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.

Who lives content with little possesses everything.