It is intolerable that a silly fool, with nothing but empty birth to boast of, should in his insolence array himself in the merits of others, and vaunt an honour which does not belong to him.

Boileau · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 239

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It is intolerable that a silly fool, with nothing but empty birth to boast of, should in his insolence array himself in the merits of others, and vaunt an honour which does not belong to him.

Boileau · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 239

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W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 239 · attribuzione riportata: Boileau

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