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Quotes by Nicolas Boileau
French poet and critic, 1636–1711
The lawgiver of French classicism, Nicolas Boileau set out in The Art of Poetry (1674) the rules of good writing that were taught for two centuries: reason, clarity, work. His Satires and Epistles made him the friend of Molière and Racine, and Louis XIV appointed him royal historiographer.
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Hasten slowly, and, without losing heart, twenty times put your work back on the loom.
Nothing is beautiful but the truth: the truth alone is lovable.