Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
Quotations by Nicholas Boileau

Other quotes and quotations :

• He who cannot limit himself will never know how to write. Nicholas Boileau
• No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write. Nicholas Boileau
• The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. Nicholas Boileau
• Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. Nicholas Boileau
• Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you. Nicholas Boileau
• Some excel in rhyme who reason foolishly. Nicholas Boileau
• Praising an honest person who doesn’t deserve it, always wounds them. Nicholas Boileau
• If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. Nicholas Boileau
• A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. Nicholas Boileau
• However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. Nicholas Boileau