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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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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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Born: November 1, 1636
Died: March 13, 1711 (aged 74)
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