Nicolas Boileau Quote

The true can sometimes not be plausible.

I always try to be very punctual, as I have observed that a person's faults are very vividly reflected in the memory of those who wait.

Nicolas Boileau

A fool always finds another fool even greater than himself who admires him.

Nicolas Boileau

Undertake your work twenty times, polish it unceasingly, and polish it again.

Nicolas Boileau

All men are mad, and, despite their care, they differ only in that some are more mad than others.

Nicolas Boileau

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself.

Nicolas Boileau

Wisdom is a tranquility of the soul that cannot be disturbed by anything and is inflamed by no desire.

Nicolas Boileau

The wisest is the one who, being so, is unaware of it.

Nicolas Boileau

The honor is a steep and shoreless island: He who has fallen from it cannot climb back up.

Nicolas Boileau

Often the fear of one evil leads us to fall into another worse one.

Nicolas Boileau

Surround yourself with friends who are willing to criticize you.

Nicolas Boileau