Maxioms by Nicolas Boileau-despreaux
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am
speaking is already far from me.
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Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am
speaking is already far from me.
[Fr., Le temps fuit, et nous traine avec soi:
Le moment ou je parle est deja loin de moi.]
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.
The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
poverty everything becomes frightful.
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Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
poverty everything becomes frightful.
[Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute:
Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.]
