Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Wisdom, Lying, Differences

  "Satires (Satire 4)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

• 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.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Age, Delight, Moral

  "Satires (Satire 9)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

• Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Style, Age, Way

  "The Art of Poetry (Canto III)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.

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