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... rien d'impossible . ( Fr . ) - Nothing is im- possible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44. A confesseurs , médecins , avocats , la vérité ne céle ...
... rien d'impossible . ( Fr . ) - Nothing is im- possible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44. A confesseurs , médecins , avocats , la vérité ne céle ...
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... rien qu'un bon sens delicat , Et le génie est la raison sublime . ( Fr. ) M. J. Chénier ? In good sense and reason are all things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise ...
... rien qu'un bon sens delicat , Et le génie est la raison sublime . ( Fr. ) M. J. Chénier ? In good sense and reason are all things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise ...
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... rien ( Fr. ) Du Lorens ? Pas même Académicien . ( Fr. ) - Here lies Piron , who was nothing , not even a member of the Academy . The witty epitaph composed for himself by Alexis Piron . 743. Cineri gloria sera venit . ( L. ) Mart . 1 ...
... rien ( Fr. ) Du Lorens ? Pas même Académicien . ( Fr. ) - Here lies Piron , who was nothing , not even a member of the Academy . The witty epitaph composed for himself by Alexis Piron . 743. Cineri gloria sera venit . ( L. ) Mart . 1 ...
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... rien . ( Fr. ) La Font . Chameau et Bâtons flottants . - At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing at all . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem important to those watching them ...
... rien . ( Fr. ) La Font . Chameau et Bâtons flottants . - At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing at all . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem important to those watching them ...
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... rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . - The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with ...
... rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . - The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with ...
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Page 377 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 79 - Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement , Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.
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Page 78 - Celui qui met un frein à la fureur des flots Sait aussi des méchants arrêter les complots. Soumis avec respect à sa volonté sainte, Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte Cependant je rends grâce au zèle officieux Qui sur tous mes périls vous fait ouvrir les yeux.
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Page 298 - Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent et qui portent où l'on veut aller.