Ocupation: Playwright
Life: April 9, 1680 - July 4, 1754
Birthday: April 9
Death: July 4
Criticism is easy, art is difficult.
Topics: Art, Criticism, Easy
The absent are always in the wrong
source: - "L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.
Topics: Absent, Of Sight Out Of Mind
Those not present are always wrong.
Topics: Human Condition, Always Wrong
When we play the part of a great man too much, we seem very small.
Topics: Men, Play, Too Much, Pettiness
Drive away what springs from nature; it returns at a gallop.
Topics: Nature, Spring, Return