Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxBut satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age. ✨ Satires… ▶364Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxGold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful. ✨ Satires (Satire 8). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.331Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxThe wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.311Thought
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxWhate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease. ✨ The Art of Poetry (Canto I). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.355Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxWhatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.357Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxHowever big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.3710Sadness
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxThe wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.281Sadness
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxHonor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ✨ Satires (Satire 10). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.359Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxHappy who in his verse can gently steer, From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. ✨ The Art of Poetry (Canto I). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.294Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxWho lives content with little possesses everything.317Humor
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxNothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair. ✨ Epistles no. 9 (1673)295LoveTruth
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxIf your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires. ✨ Satires (Satire 5). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.262LifeReading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxNature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last m… ▶296Thought
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxWith poverty everything becomes frightful. ✨ Satires (Satire 8). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.263Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxA fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. ✨ 'L'Art poètique' canto 1, l. 232275Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxHe [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself. ✨ Satires (Satire 1). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.276Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxNo one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.222Thought
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxThe dreadful burden of having nothing to do.213Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxEvery age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. ✨ The Art of Poetry (Canto III). Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.226Reading
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxTime flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me. ✨ Épitres. Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1701.193ReadingTime
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxGreatest fools are the most often satisfied.2410Humor
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxThe 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.208Love
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxIn spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree. ✨ Satires (Satire 4… ▶2010PhilosophyReading
