Nicholas Boileau Quotes

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them. - Nicholas Boileau

No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. - Nicholas Boileau

Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last. - Nicholas Boileau

If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. - Nicholas Boileau

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. - Nicholas Boileau

Honour is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. - Nicholas Boileau

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

He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write. - Nicholas Boileau

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. - Nicholas Boileau

Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly. - Nicholas Boileau

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