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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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“Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'âme des dévots ?”
— Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?
“Le pénible fardeau de n'avoir rien à faire.”
— The terrible burden of having nothing to do.
“Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans un pire.”
— Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse.
“Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs.”
— Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
“Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.”
— He (Molière) pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
“La vertu, d'un cœur noble est la marque certaine.”
— Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

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No public IJR answers mention Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

“Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'âme des dévots ?”
— Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?
“Le pénible fardeau de n'avoir rien à faire.”
— The terrible burden of having nothing to do.
“Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans un pire.”
— Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse.
“Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs.”
— Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
“Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.”
— He (Molière) pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.
“La vertu, d'un cœur noble est la marque certaine.”
— Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.