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Brief author info: Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) French poet and critic.

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What is conceived well is expressed clearly, And the words to say it with arrive with ease.

Nicolas Boileau

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

Nicolas Boileau

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself, Procure yourself critical friends.

Nicolas Boileau

Honor is like a steep island without a shore: one cannot return once one is outside.

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Who lives content with little possesses everything.

Nicolas Boileau

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil.

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

- Aristotle

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Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

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Count your age by friends, not years Count your life by smiles, not tears.

- John Lennon

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