Finalement, ce n'est peut-être pas la corruption ni l'avidité qui rend lâche. Peut-être n'est-ce ni la faiblesse ni la souffrance ni même la peur. Peut-être est-ce simplement l'amour
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[Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.] JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE Don Juan : [...] Les voilà, mes spectres, les spectres de ce que je ne suis pas. Ce sont eux qui me... HENRY DE MONTHERLANT Est-ce que nous voyons la cent millième partie de ce qui existe ? Tenez, voici le vent, qui est la ... GUY DE MAUPASSANT Si, bien avant la puberté, et parfois même dès sa toute petite enfance, elle nous apparaît déj... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Peut-être vas-tu me trouver ridicule, mais je me mépriserais de n'oser l'être jamais. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR hoy, lo que da ganancias es la desenfrenada velocidad de circulación, reciclado, envejecimiento, de... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Oui, lorsqu'on surveille le temps, il passe très lentement. J'aime beaucoup la température, quatre... THOMAS MANN Mais, j’aurai beau supplier, j’aurai beau me révolter, il n’y aura plus rien pour moi ; je n... HENRI BARBUSSE No está la muerte ni allí ni aquí, se alza en todos los senderos. Está en ti y está ... HERMANN HESSE La buena y verdadera amistad no puede ni debe ser sospechosa de nada. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Aunque un político se enamore perdidamente del poder, no debe serle infiel ni a su propia conscienc... MARTíN BALAREZO GARCíA Le rire est tout ce que l'on voudrait être, ou plus exactement, tout ce que l'on voudrait que chacu... FRANçOISE SAGAN Une condamnation de la vie de la part du vivant n’est finalement que le symptôme d’une espèce ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Il défendait une théorie : les couples ne fréquentent pas les célibataires. D'abord parce que le... LAURENT BETTONI We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.] VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) -Suntem diferiți… Ce iubești la mine? -Tot ce nu pot fi eu… TUDOR CHIRILă Majina ya vitabu yanapaswa kuchaguliwa kwa mantiki na kwa makini ya hali ya juu mno, kwa sababu ni m... ENOCK MAREGESI Mimi ni mwana wa Mungu. Sisi sote ni watoto wa Mungu. Lengo la kuzaliwa kwangu ni kufanya kazi pamoj... ENOCK MAREGESI En admettant que l’on ait compris ce qu’il y a de sacrilège dans un pareil soulèvement contre ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE La Culture et l’État — qu’on ne s’y trompe pas — sont antagonistes : « État civilisé ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Le vin est la gaieté, dit-on ; comment cet océan de vin qui submerge la commune de Bercy n’égay... PAUL FéVAL PèRE Nous savons qu'il advient dans nos vies des choses qui nous semblent totalement inconnues et totalem... C.G. JUNG Mais voici qu’aujourd’hui nous avons éprouvé la soif. Et ce puits que nous connaissons, nous d... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Ce n’est pas dans la jouissance que consiste le bonheur, c’est dans le désir, c’est à briser... MARQUIS DE SADE Dos amantes dichosos no tienen fin ni muerte, nacen y mueren muchas veces mientras viven, ... PABLO NERUDA That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce qui... FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD « Il faut avoir une très haute idée, non pas de ce que l'on fait, mais de ce qu'on pourrait fair... EDGAR DEGAS - Mais au début, vous avez dû être heureuse? - Juste le temps d'y voir clair. Vous croyez pe... AGATHE COLOMBIER HOCHBERG La vie est un écho; ce que tu envoies, te revient, ce que tu sèmes, tu le récoltes, ce que tu don... ZIG ZIGLAR Regardez mon enfant, voyez l'éclat de ses boucles folles et son sourire pareil à un vol de papillo... JODI PICOULT Tu finiras sûrement par le trouver le truc qui leur fait si peur, à eux tous, à tous ces salauds ... LOUIS-FERDINAND CéLINE Personne ne peut t'être plus étranger que la personne que tu as aimée jadis. ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande... PIERRE CORNEILLE That which is not worth speaking they sing.
[Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le ch... PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung. (Aujourd'hui ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'... PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS Nous sommes tous des naufragés de l'âme vois-tu, la peinture n'est que le reflet de ce chagrin, an... OLIVIER WEBER ... c'est peut-être ça la vie : beaucoup de désespoir mais aussi quelques moments de beauté où ... MURIEL BARBERY On dit père grec, mère suisse-française... On me demande, mais alors, quelle est votre patrie? Je... GEORGES HALDAS L'objectivité, vécue dans ce rêve et dans ces visions, relève de l'individuation accomplie. Elle... C.G. JUNG La historia de ese gato es algo extraña. No es que yo quisiera tener una mascota ni nada, sólo suc... MARIAM PARRA Comprendre... Vous n'avez que ce mot-là à la bouche, tous, depuis que je suis toute petite. Il fal... JEAN ANOUILH Mammon ni mungu wa pesa wa kuzimu anayesimamia mambo yote ya kifedha ulimwenguni. Ni miongoni mwa ma... ENOCK MAREGESI Elle lui semblait si belle, si séduisante, si différente des gens du commun qu'il ne comprenait pa... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Pour la première fois de ma vie, ce "moi" semblait se partager et la découverte d'une telle dualit... FRANçOISE SAGAN Quoi qu’il en soit, Leibnitz ne sut jamais s’expliquer nettement sur les principes de son calcul... RENé GUéNON las acciones —no los pensamientos ni las intenciones— eran la verdadera forma de juzgar a los de... NICHOLAS SPARKS L'expérience, ce n'est pas ce qui nous arrive, c'est ce que nous faisons avec ce qui nous arrive. ALDOUS HUXLEY L'expérience, ce n'est pas ce qui nous arrive, c'est ce que nous faisons avec ce qui nous arrive. ALDOUS HUXLEY Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los que mueren merecen la vida. ¿Puedes devolver... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los que mueren merecen la vida. ¿Puedes devolver... GANDALS La souffrance physique on la subit, la souffrance morale on la choisit. ÉRIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT À l’époque primordiale, l’homme était, en lui-même, parfaitement équilibré quant au compl... RENé GUéNON L'aube approche. Elle n'est plus qu'à quelques pas de cette zone étrange qui sépare la nuit du jo... ELIF SHAFAK Peter, naomba nitubu kosa. Mimi si mtoto wa Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali. Ni mtoto wa Rais wa Meksik... ENOCK MAREGESI Dans une vie de bohème on peut faire de poème. Comment serait la vie sans la douce... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES [...] l'homme, lui aussi, est un être dualiste. Le problème de son âme consiste dans le conflit e... THOMAS MANN La vie est la seule carrière qui m'intéresse. ERIK ORSENNA Pongámonos de acuerdo en qué es la igualdad, pues si la libertad es la cima, la igualdad es la bas... VICTOR HUGO Only rice likes to be drowned. The war is the worst scream. (Seul aime être noyé le riz. - La guer... CHARLES DE LEUSSE La plupart sont aveugles dans cet univers du langage; sourds aux mots qu'ils emploient. Leurs p... PAUL VALéRY
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ANN RADCLIFFE There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not e... ANN RADCLIFFE Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each o... ANN RADCLIFFE I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the o... ANN RADCLIFFE I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions. ANN RADCLIFFE The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly... ANN RADCLIFFE I'm really glad that your young people missed the Depression I'm really glad that your young people ... ANN RICHARDS The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need. ANN RICHARDS Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. ANN RICHARDS If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducki... ANN RICHARDS I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. ANN RICHARDS I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any. ANN RICHARDS I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system. ANN RICHARDS I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young peo... ANN RICHARDS The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the ot... ANN RICHARDS I'm not a fast writer at all. I come empty and wait upon the Lord. So it really is all a waiting... ANN VOSKAMP Whatever I'm writing comes organically out of my life. ANN VOSKAMP Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create... ANN VOSKAMP Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness ... ANN VOSKAMP And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the tr... ANN ROMNEY Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ANN LANDERS If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love eva... ANN OAKLEY I am thrilled to write 'The Treasure Chest,' and to bring to life not only the childhoods of... ANN HOOD Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the quest... ANN LECKIE We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's... ANN ROMNEY You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for ... ANN POWERS Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ANN MACBETH I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through. ANN ROMNEY We understand the legislation to place a bond measure before California voters in June 2006, that th... ANN SIMPSON We need $6,000 to do this. ANN SANDERS Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials. ANN RULE I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a lit... ANN RULE I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It's ... ANN RULE For a while, people couldn't understand why I'd find them so fascinating, but I'd rather go to a tri... ANN RULE Fremont County and Hot Springs County are the ones that are closest right now to their goals, ANN ROBINSON I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's goin... ANN ROBINSON I think all states really need to examine what they're doing and with what types of offenses, ANN RICE I've just been overwhelmed by the outpouring of people who want to help our arts organizations and a... ANN POWELL The Coast is one of the shining stars in the crown of the arts in the state, ... It's devastating, e... ANN POWELL We are looking for 30 to 35 teams to sign up for this year's event. A team consists of eight to 15 m... ANN PATTERSON You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to hav... ANN PATCHETT Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. ANN PATCHETT In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I woul... ANN MACBETH I help people come in and relax and tan and go home. ANN LONG I was naive, but I certainly was not duplicitous. ANN LANDERS It's wild over here; we have students all over. Every home is doubled up. ANN LABORDE The story of women who kill is the story of women. ANN JONES We want people to keep everything green and clean. ANN JONES That's not what Uefa wanted, I don't think it's what Uefa wanted when they gave us that money... I t... ANN JONES We're awfully hot, we're awfully tired, there is no power. ANN JONES We encourage anybody who has an interest in Pound to be a part of the management team, ... By no mea... ANN JOHNSON This budget would provide less money for the bay's most important programs. At a time when the state... ANN JENNINGS Apparently this guy knows the shortcuts very well, ... In each case, he grabbed or attempted to grab... ANN JENNINGS We sent in, let's just say, a lot of patrol officers, ANN JENNINGS It was important for me to go to the first public event honoring Mrs. King. ANN NELSON This is an inexpensive way to make a change in how something looks. ANN NELSON He was a gentle giant, a big guy with a big heart. ANN MURPHY What we try to do is develop housing that the average wage-earner can reasonably afford. ANN MURPHY Overall, I thought we pitched well. We gave up a few runs, but the freshmen were composed and threw ... ANN MUNZENMAIER