A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone,… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back.… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Though you be sprung in direct line from Hercules, if you show a lowborn meanness, that long succession of ancestors whom you disgrace are… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image