Rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable
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"[[Rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable]]" ("Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable") is a dictum of [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]], see ''[[Épitre IX (Boileau)]]'' | "[[Rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable]]" ("Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable") is a dictum of [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]], see ''[[Épitre IX (Boileau)]]'' | ||
==English translation== | ==English translation== | ||
- | "Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable" ''[[The Philosophy of the Enlightenment]]'' by [[Ernst Cassirer]] | + | "Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable." --''[[The Philosophy of the Enlightenment]]'' by [[Ernst Cassirer]] |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[The good and the beautiful]] | *[[The good and the beautiful]] | ||
+ | *[[Rien n'est beau que le laid; le laid seul est aimable]] | ||
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"Rien n'est beau que le vrai; le vrai seul est aimable" ("Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable") is a dictum of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, see Épitre IX (Boileau)
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"Nothing is beautiful but the true, the true alone is agreeable." --The Philosophy of the Enlightenment by Ernst Cassirer
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