Quotes by Nicolas Boileau

The following are quotes from Nicolas Boileau:

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure

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.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

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