Anvils Quote by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
![“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.]” quote by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/447/nicolas-boileau-despreaux-1070_anvils_hasten-slowly-and-without-losing-heart-p_2378579.jpg)
“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.]”
“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.]”
![“O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu. [Fr., Amour! Amour! quand tu nous tiens On peut bien dire, Adieu, prudence.]” quote by Jean de La Fontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e6f/jean-de-la-fontaine-2320_adieu_o-tyrant-love-when-held-by-you-we-may-to_2155742.jpg)
![“I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]” quote by Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/240/plautus-1263_labor_i-have-lost-my-oil-and-my-labor-labored_2469232.jpg)
![“Mon métier et mon art c’est vivre. [My craft and my skill is living.]” quote by Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fda/michel-de-montaigne-142_art_mon-m-tier-et-mon-art-c-est-vivre-my-cra_454481.jpg)
![“He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.” quote by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/812/nicolas-boileau-despreaux-1070_can-not_he-moliere-pleases-all-the-world-but-can_20665.jpg)
