Le pénible fardeau de n'avoir rien à faire. - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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Le pénible fardeau de n'avoir rien à faire.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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About Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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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Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine,
Embroil the earth about a fancied line;
And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong,
Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong.

Trouble rides behind and gallops with him.

A fool can always find a greater fool to admire him