(24 quotes found)
“Honour is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.”
Nicholas Boileau
“However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.”
“Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return”
“Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last.”
““Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.” [That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.]”
“Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.”
“If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires.”
“Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.”
“A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him”
“The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.”
