Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes

Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.

A fool can always find a greater fool to admire him.

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The wisest man is generally one who thinks himself the least so.

If your descent is from heroic sires,
Show in your life a remnant of their fires.

ancestors

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

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