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.
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot read more
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque read more
Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.
[Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]
