Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes

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.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 1, 1636 - March 13, 1711

Topics

AloneWorldWishFoolsSeeBreak

I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.

Jim Rash

ChildFeelTelevisionStorytelling

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

FreedomUnderstandingProblemDesire

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

Megan Abbott

CrimeConsiderNovelsAnyReally

Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself.

Stuart Wilde

YourselfPovertyYouInjustice

The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.

Steven Spielberg

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My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more.

Rose Byrne

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The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

Mike Fitzpatrick

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I immediately was captured by 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist.' It gave me a springboard into contemporary Pakistan and a dialogue between Pakistan and the rest of the world.

Mira Nair

MeWorldRestDialoguePakistan

There is a reason the world always looks to America.

Julia Gillard

WorldAmericaLooksReasonAlways

I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors.

Bobby Kotick

GreatMentorsLuckyBecauseBeen

I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.

Woody Harrelson

IdeasYouDownShootGoingCome

Beauty and fashion are not really local anymore. You really have to be a global citizen to know what trends are. Now, it's pretty much the same designers and the same kind of trends, whether I am in New York, Milan, or Mumbai - it's the same.

Priyanka Chopra

BeautyI AmNew YorkFashionYou

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