Philippe Nericault Destouches Quotes

• When we play the part of a great man too much, we seem very small.

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Men, Play, Too Much

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• Criticism is easy, art is difficult.

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Art, Criticism, Easy

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• The absent are always in the wrong

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Absence, Of Sight Out Of Mind, Absent

  "L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.

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• Drive away what springs from nature; it returns at a gallop.

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Nature, Spring, Return

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• Those not present are always wrong.

  Philippe Nericault Destouches

  Human Condition, Always Wrong

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