Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorA fool always finds another fool even greater than himself who admires him.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorUndertake your work twenty times, polish it unceasingly, and polish it again.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorThe true can sometimes not be plausible.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorAll men are mad, and, despite their care, they differ only in that some are more mad than others.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorIgnorance is always ready to admire itself.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorWisdom is a tranquility of the soul that cannot be disturbed by anything and is inflamed by no desire.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorThe wisest is the one who, being so, is unaware of it.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorThe honor is a steep and shoreless island: He who has fallen from it cannot climb back up.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorBefore writing, learn to think.
Nicolas Boileau
View AuthorOften the fear of one evil leads us to fall into another worse one.
Simón Bolívar
View AuthorThe trust must give us peace. Good faith is not enough, it must be shown, because men always see and seldom think.
Simón Bolívar
View AuthorFor the achievement of triumph, it has always been essential to pass through the path of sacrifices.