Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs. - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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Chaque âge a ses plaisirs, son esprit et ses mœurs.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), commonly called Boileau, was a French poet and critic.

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Alternative Names: Boileau • Nicolas Boileau • Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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Épitres (1701) I, 61

"There, take," says Justice, "take ye each a shell;
We thrive at Westminster on fools like you.
'T was a fat oyster! live in peace,—adieu."

L'honneur est comme une ile escarpée et sans bords ;
On n'y peut plus rentrer dès qu'on en est dehors.

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