What did Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux mean by: Who is content with nothing possesses all things. - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France Copy
+ A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon. Feraz Zeid, July 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Powerful, 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
+ At times truth may not seem probable. [Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n’etre pas vraisemblable.] Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Truth, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Fool, Stupidity, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Greatest fools are the most often satisfied. Feraz Zeid, October 10, 2023December 26, 2023, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Fool, Satisfied, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
+ Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Ease, 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
+ Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Gold, Poverty, 0 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Poet · France
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France