John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Niolas Boileau-Despr&eauteaux 1636-1711 John Bartlett
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| Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. 1 |
| The Art of Poetry. Canto i. Line 75. |
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| Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. |
| The Art of Poetry. Canto iii. Line 374. |
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| He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself. |
| Satire 2. |
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| “There, take,” says Justice, “take ye each a shell; We thrive at Westminster on fools like you. ’T was a fat oyster! live in peace,—adieu.” 2 |
| Epître ii. |
| Note 1. See Dryden, Quotation 64. [back] |
| Note 2. See Pope, Quotation 225. [back] |