What did Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux mean by: Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France Copy
+ Who lives content with little possesses everything. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Simple, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ A warmed-up dinner was never worth much. Feraz Zeid, August 17, 2023December 12, 2023, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Dinner, Eating, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Praising an honest person who doesn’t deserve it, always wounds them. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Honest, Persons, Praise, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Whate’er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Ease, Flow, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Wisdom, Wisest Man, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Age, Style, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth alone is lovely. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Beautiful, Beauty, Truth, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Ancestry, Fire, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. - Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
There’s not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor. - Jeffrey Donovan
Sourmelina’s secret (as Aunt Zo put it): ‘Lina was one of those women they named the island after. - Jeffrey Eugenides Author
Playboy offered me a lot to do their mag but I’m not even the sort to go topless on the beach. - Jenni Falconer
When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can’t say in real life. - Jenny Han Author
