Quote of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux - But, always ignorant of our own...
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
But, always ignorant of our own needs,
We ask the heavens for what we need the least.
We ask the heavens for what we need the least.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about heaven:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
Quotes about ignorance:
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.
Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.
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