Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes

The dreadful burden of having nothing to do.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BurdenNothingHavingDreadful

The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.

John Burroughs

PowerWaterFoodAnimalWorldBig

I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself.

John Grant

MyselfLearnFallGoingJustApart

I lived five years in the Midwest, and I loved it. The people were so nice. The people were so open.

John Irving

PeopleLovedNiceOpenYearsLived

There is a growing acceptance and interest in publicly funded school choice as a catalyst for education reform in general and a way to empower parents to be education reformers.

John T. Walton

EducationAcceptanceSchoolParents

You got to have the right lawyer and good management. I went years and years without management and even a good lawyer; I used to handle contracts on my own, and it was definitely corners that they would cut. It wouldn't have happened if I had a good lawyer behind me.

Statik Selektah

GoodMeManagementLawyerYouRight

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Tony Jaa

FailureImprovementStoneWillNever

I think that maybe human beings are conditioned to violence.

Rod Lurie

ThinkViolenceHumanHuman Beings

I'm one of the writers that would die if I didn't say what I needed to say. For me, it's a matter of survival to write.

Mary Lambert

MeDieSurvivalSayMatterWrite

A reputation is really hard to live down.

Mickey Rourke

LiveReputationDownHardReally

As a woman of colour, as a person who is a minority, I believe its important that other people know about my language and I don't necessarily have to explain. In the same way, when I read 19th-century literature and if I have to understand a Latin phrase or a French phrase, it is incumbent upon me to learn it.

Min Jin Lee

WomanPeopleMeBelieveLanguage

We all have our own closets to come out of.

Judith Light

OutOwnComeOurClosets

It takes a long time to realize a situation is for real, and then you finally face it.

Debbie Reynolds

TimeFaceLongYouSituationReal

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