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In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

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But satire, ever moral, ever new,
Delights the reader and instructs him, too.
She, if good sense refine her sterling page,
Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age.


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Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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Born: November 1, 1636
Died: March 13, 1711 (aged 74)
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