Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 November 1636
CountryFrance
fool humour admire
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
fool fools-and-wise satisfied
Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.
break-up glasses fools-day
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.
fool plus admire
A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. [Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]
fool suggestions sometimes
Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.
fool satisfied
The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.
men effort fool
All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.
stupidity fool bigger
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.
fool admire greater
A fool can always find a greater fool who admires him.
wisdom men wisest-man
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
happiness light graves
Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.
age delight moral
But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age.
world can-not please
He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but can- not please himself.
ignorance science admire
Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.