It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does … - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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Mankind must work continually to produce individual great human beings - this and nothing else is the task. . . for the question is this : How can your life, the individual life, retain the highest value, the deepest significance? Only by living for the good of the rarest and most valuable specimens.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.

Heaven, Heights, Natal, Stars, Thinking, Thinks

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Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr. , Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement. ]

Clearly, Conceive, Ease, Express, Flow, Oratory

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

Animal, Foolish, Japan, Men, Nature, Sea

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. [Fr. , Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. ]

Admire, Fool, Plus, Toujours

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr. , Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage. ]

Heart, Remettez, Sur, Twenties, Twenty, Work

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Differences, Folly, Greece, Lying, Unerring, Wisdom