“Le monde se paye de paroles : peu approfondissent les choses.”
“The world contents itself with words : but few care to go to the root of things.”
“Le mystere
Est la seul enveloppe ou la fragilite
D’une intrigue d’amour puisse être en surete.”
“A love intrigue, such its fragility,
Can only live when wrapped in mystery.”
“Le naturel est le sceau du génie.”
“Naturalness is the seal of genius.”
“Le naturel tou jours sort, et salt se montrer.”
“Nature will out, and let herself be seen.”
“Le papillon est une fleur qui vole,
La fleur un papillon fixe.”
“Tlu’ butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.”
“Le parjure
A des ailes, et comme il perdrait sa gageure
Celui qui poursuivrait un mensonge envole.”
Paul Verlaine. Les Uns et les Autres, Sc. IV.—(Chloris.)
“Lies
Have wings, and he would surely lose his bet
Whoso would catch a falsehood as it flies.”
“Le parti le plus juste est celui du vainqueur.”
“Justice is ever on the victor’s side.”
“Le passage est bien court de la joie aux douleurs.”
“How short a step it is from joy to pain!”
“Le passe mal conduit n’est qu’un miroir trompeur,
Ou l’oeil bien eclaire ne fonde espoir ni peur.”
“An ill-spent past is but a mirror that deceives;
Th’ enlightened eye therein nor hope nor fear perceives.”
“Le patient est le plus fort.”
“The patient is the strongest.”
