67 Quotes by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

Something of calumny always sticks.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

Of every four words I write, I strike out three.

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

A fool can always find a greater fool who admires him.

Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]

At times truth may not seem probable.