Quote of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux: No one who cannot limit himself...
Biography - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux:
French poet and critic.
Born: 1636 - Died: 1711
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1636 - Died: 1711
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.
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Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes for: writing
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
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