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About Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

	Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
	(1636-1711) Satire - French critic, poet, lawyer, author.

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Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.

But 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.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but can- not please himself.

The terrible burden of having nothing to do.

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

If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires.

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.

Greatest fools are oft most satisfied.

In 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.

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