“La fleur, ou plutét le champignon, de la noblesse.”
“The flower, or rather the mushroom, of the nobility.”
“La foi qui n’agit point, est-ce une foi sincere?”
“The faith that acts not is no faith sincere.”
“La foi s’en ira, mais le mysticisme, mdme expulsé de l’intelligence
demeurera dans la sensation.”
“Faith will go, but mysticism, though we drive it out of the intelligence,
will remain with the senses.”
“La force a fait les premiers esclaves, leur lUchete les a perpéfcues.”
“Force made the first slaves, their cowardice has perpetuated slavery.”
“La fortune aime assez a donner des pantoufles a ceux qui ont des jambes de bois, et des gants a ceux qui n’ont pas de mains.”
Theophile Gautier. Mademoiselle de Maupin, p. 326, (Ed. Charpentier, 1878.)
“Fortune is very fond of giving slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those who have no hands.”
“La fortune est h. nous, et n’est mauvaise ou bonne
Que selon qu’on la forme, ou bien qu’on se la donne.”
Mathurin Regnier. Satyres, XIV. (Ed. 1617, p. 97.)
“Fortune belongs to us; she smiles or glowers
But as we form her, as we make her ours.”
“La fortune est redevenue mauvaise, il faut la corriger.”
Antoine Hamilton. Mémoires de Qrammont, Chap. III.
“Fortune has become unfriendly, and must be corrected.”
“La fortune et I’humeur gouvernent le monde.”
“Fortune and temper govern the world.”
“La foule n’a pas d’autres lois que les exemples de ceux qui com-
“The masses have no other law than the example of those who command."”
“La garde meurt et ne se rend pas.”
Rougemont. L’Indépendant, 20 Juin, 1815. (Inscribed on Cambronne’s monument at Nantes.)
“The guard dies, but never surrenders.”
“La générosité jamais n’est imprudence.”
“The generous deed is never ill-advised.”
