“On n’entrait pas chez lui sans graisser le marteau.”
“None passed his door but those who greased the knocker.”
“On n’est heureux qu’autant qu’on le croit etre.”
“Man is no happier than he thinks himself.”
“On n’est jamais en haut. Les forts devant leur pas
Trouvent un nouveau mont inapergu d’en bas.”
“The summit ne’er is reached. The strong before them find
Still a fresh peak to climb as one is left behind.”
“On n’est jamais si bien servi que par soi-même.”
“One is never so well waited on as by oneself.”
“On n’est jamais si heureux ni si malheureux qu’on s’imagine.”
“One is never either as happy or as unhappy as one imagines.”
“On n’est point criminel pour être ambitieux,”
“One is not criminal because ambitious.”
“On ne court pas deux lievres à la fois.”
“We cannot course two hares at once.”
“On ne doit pas tonir pour conseil ce qui se fait apres disner.”
“Anything that takes place after dinner can hardly be considered a council.”
“On ne donne rien si liberalement que ses conseils.”
“One bestows nothing so liberally as one’s advice.”
“On ne loue d’ordinaire que pour être loue.”
“As a rule men only praise in order to be praised in return.”
“On ne meprise pas tous ceux qui ont des vices, mais on meprise tous
ceux qui n’ont aucune vertu.”
“We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who
have not a single virtue.”
“On ne pardonne rien aux grands.”
INIassillon. Pensées Diverses, Des Grands.
“To the great nothing is forgiven.”
