Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone; / For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, / But has trouble enough of its own. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Solitude”
Blog: life
Quand on lui dit: Comment? Il répond: Je le veux!
When you say to him: How? He answers: Just do it! – Philippe Quinault, Cadmus & Hermione
Je pense aux matelots oubliés dans une île, / Aux captifs, aux vaincus!…à bien d’autres encor !
I think of the sailors left behind on an island…of the captives, the conquered…of many others yet!– Baudelaire, “Le Cygne”
La forme d’une ville / Change plus vite, hélas! que le cœur d’un mortel!
The form of a town, alas, changes more quickly than a mortal’s heart!
– Baudelaire, “Le Cygne”
On est toujours un peu fautif.
One is always a bit at fault.
– Albert Camus (1942)
On ne plaisante pas avec la police parisienne!
You don’t joke around with the Paris police force!– Inspector Vital, in J-L Godard’s A bout de souffle (1960)
Tous hommes n’ont pas bon sens rassis.
Not all folks have good settled sense.– François Villon (1461)
I think I never spent so sad an hour, / Dear Friend, as that one at the Church tonight!
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Nothing But Stones”
A little less noise there, a little less noise!
– Mr. Darling to the Darling children (1911)
Sétoc. Y a-t-il rien de plus respectable qu’un ancien abus?
Zadig. La raison est plus ancienne.
Sétoc. Is there anything more venerable than an old abuse?
Zadig. Reason is older still.– Voltaire, Zadig
M Orgon. Dans ce monde, il faut être un peu trop bon pour l’être assez.
Lisette. Il n’y a que le meilleur des hommes qui puisse dire cela.
M Orgon. In this world, one has to be a little too kind to be kind enough.
Lisette. Only the kindest of men could say that!
– Marivaux, Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard (1730)
Times have changed, Doris. Either you go along, or else you’re out of it.– Kim McAfee (Ann–Margret) in Bye–bye, Birdie (1963)
Shut up, Bobby Lee. It’s no real pleasure in life. – The Misfit, in Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find
