Antoine Houdar de la Motte Quotes
1672–1731 France
Antoine Houdar de la Motte (18 January 1672 – 26 December 1731) was a French poet and dramatist.
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Providence is the mother of us all.
Put, then, your trust in her; but tempt her not.
You fool! before you try to make the peace,
Wait till they're tired of fighting.
Man, being man, is bound to err.
Need, the father of Dexterity.
Give to all men the same intelligence,
The salt you banish of society.
Boredom was born one day of Uniformity.
All's commonplace, all has been said before.
Great conquerors have cried for a new world,
But, as I think, the Rhymesters need one more.
One day ennui was born from uniformity.
The moment of our birth
Did on us the death sentence pass.
L'instant de notre naissance
Fut pour nous un arrêt de mort.
(Partout l'œeil surpris admire)
Un désordre plein de beauté.
The birth obscure of every nation,
Its progress, glory, degradation
Before our eyes thou dost unfold,
And, recking nought of time, we stand
Coeval with the great of old,
And citizens of every land.
La Haine veille et I'Amitié s'endort.