Give to all men the same intelligence, The salt you banish … - Antoine Houdar de La Motte

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Give to all men the same intelligence,
The salt you banish of society.
Boredom was born one day of Uniformity.

Antoine Houdar de La Motte

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(18 January 1672 – 26 December 1731) was a French poet and dramatist.

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Alternative Names: Houdar de la Motte • Antoine Houdar de la Motte • Antoine Houdart de La Motte • Antoine Houdart de la Motte

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L'instant de notre naissance
Fut pour nous un arrêt de mort.

(Donnez le même esprit aux hommes;
Vous ôtez tout le sel de la société.)
L’Ennui nâcquit un jour de l’Uniformité.

All's commonplace, all has been said before.
Great conquerors have cried for a new world,
But, as I think, the Rhymesters need one more.

Give to all men the same intelligence, The salt you banish of society. Boredom was born one day of Uniformity. - Antoine Houdar de La Motte

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