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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.] - L'art Poetique (l. 171) [Work] To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise, Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.] - Lutrin (chant I, 185) [Churches] A warmed-up dinner was never worth much. [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.] - Lutrin (I, 104) [Eating] Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout? [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?] - Lutrin (I, 12) [Religion] I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue. [Fr., Je ne puis rien nommer si ce n'est par son nom; J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.] - Satires (I, 51) [Names] He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself. [Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.] - Satires (II) [Satisfaction] Virtue alone is the unerring sign of a noble soul. [Fr., La vertu d'un coeur noble est la marque certaine.] - Satires (V, 42) [Virtue] Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with poverty everything becomes frightful. [Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute: Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.] - Satires (VIII, 209) [Poverty] Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords; On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.] - Satires (X, 167) [Honor] Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. - The Art of Poetry (canto III, l. 374) [Pleasure] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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