“Rien ne fait oublier l’absence d’un plaisir,
Comme la presence d’un autre.”
Senece, Moralite.
"Nought helps us to forget a pleasure vanished,
As does the presence of another.”
Rien ne p6se tant qu’un secret:
Le porter loin est difficile aux dames;
Et je sais meme sur ce fait
Bon nombre d’hommes qui sent femmes.”
“Can aught than secrets heavier be?
The ladies find them hard to bear;
And many men in this I see
Who must be counted ’mongst the fair.”
Rien ne s’aneantit, non rien; et la matière
Comme un fieuve éternel roule toujours entière.”
Rougher. Les Mois, Chant IX.—Novemhre,
“Nought is annihilated, and for ever
Matter rolls on like an eternal river.”
Rien ne trouble sa fin, c’est le soir d’un beau jour.”
“Untroubled is his end, the evening of a lovely day.”
Riens ne se puet comparer a Paris.”
“Nothing with Paris will compare.”
Rire des gens d’esprit, c’est le privilege des sots.”
“To laugh at men of talent is the privilege of fools.”
Roi ne puis, due ne daigne, Rohan suis.”
Motto of the Rohan family.
“King, I cannot, duke, I deign not, Rohan I am.”
Romains contre Remains, parents centre parents,
Combattaient seulement pour le choix des tyrans.”
“Roman ’gainst Roman fought, brother ’gainst brother,
To set on high one tyrant or another.”
Rome de Rome est le seul monument,
Et Rome Rome a vaincu seulement.”
Du Bellay. Antiquitez do Rome, st. Ill,
“Rome as Rome’s only monument is seen,
And Rome by Rome alone has conquered been.”
“(Et) rose, elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses,
L’espace d’un matin.”
“Rose, she hath lived but as the roses live,
A morning’s space.”
