Quotes by Boileau, Nicholas

No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. >>

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. >>

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. >>

Quotations about Praise

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and i >>

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. >>

How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of >>

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.

Boileau, Nicholas