Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux - Age Quotes

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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.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux