Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes
Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine, Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong.
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. Satires. Claude Barbin, 1668, Satire VIII, lines 95-98.
with Russia over the independence of Berlin and West Germany
This is a variant of a famous Clauswitz quotation {635143}.
See Jefferson’s reaction when he thought that Napoleon would occupy New Orleans: {593067}
She and her husband, like many of the "America Firsters", believed that Hitler should be allowed to overrun Europe and Russia.
See Benedict Spinosa for an earlier absense or war view. Also, JFK more recently.
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau (UK: /ˈbwʌloʊ/, US: /bwɑːˈloʊ, ˈbwɑːloʊ/), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by Horace.
