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No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1636
Born: January 1
Died: 1711
Died: January 1
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Who is content with nothing possesses all things.
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Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.
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