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Quotes by 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.
  • Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)
  • If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure
  • Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.