Quotes by Boileau, Nicholas

If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of t >>

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. >>

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them. >>

Quotations about Honor

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor. >>

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. >>

Without money honor is merely a disease. >>

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Boileau, Nicholas