Nicolas Boileau

Books by Nicolas Boileau

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Who lives content with little possesses everything.
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What is conceived well is expressed clearly, And the words to say it with arrive with ease.
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Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
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Honor is like a steep island without a shore: one cannot return once one is outside.
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Ignorance is always ready to admire itself, Procure yourself critical friends.
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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil.
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