“Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.”
Rien n'est beau que le vrai : le vrai seul est aimable.
Epistle 9
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Rien n'est beau que le vrai : le vrai seul est aimable.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 30
French poet and critic 1636–1711Related quotes
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