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NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX French poet, critic and satirist (1636 - 1711)  << Prev Page    Displaying page 2 of 2 Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil.   [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage,     Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]       - L'art Poetique (l. 171) [Work] To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church.   [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,     Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]       - Lutrin (chant I, 185) [Churches] A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.   [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.]       - Lutrin (I, 104) [Eating] Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?   [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?]       - Lutrin (I, 12) [Religion] I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue.   [Fr., Je ne puis rien nommer si ce n'est par son nom;     J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.]       - Satires (I, 51) [Names] He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.   [Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]       - Satires (II) [Satisfaction] Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul.   [Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.]       - Satires (V, 42) [Virtue] Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with poverty everything becomes frightful.   [Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute:     Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.]       - Satires (VIII, 209) [Poverty] Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.   [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords;     On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]       - Satires (X, 167) [Honor] Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.       - The Art of Poetry (canto III, l. 374)         [Pleasure] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author:   << Prev  1 [2] The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 10 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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