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Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.
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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Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.
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He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
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It is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous.
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Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
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Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.
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Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last.
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When we envy another, we make their virtue our vice.
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However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.
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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach once we have left it, we can never return.
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A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.
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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]
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