Quotes of Nicolas Boileau - somelinesforyou

“ Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ 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. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ What is conceived well is expressed clearly. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Be a mason instead, if you have a talent for that. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

“ He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

“ The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Who is content with nothing possesses all things. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Who is content with nothing possesses all things. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ What is conceived well is expressed clearly. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

“ He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ What is conceived well is expressed clearly. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

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

- Nicolas Boileau

“ Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. ”

- Nicolas Boileau
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