Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a French poet and critic. Boileau did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, as Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by Horace.

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Praising an honest person who

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

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