CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY
CONTENTS: (listed in reversed order)
Apr 2003 Entire PG Edition of The French Immortals [IM#87][imewk10.txt]4000 Apr 2003 Entire An “Attic” Philosopher by Souvestre [IM#86][im86b10.txt]3999 Apr 2003 An “Attic” Philosopher by E. Souvestre, v3 [IM#85][im85b10.txt]3998 Apr 2003 An “Attic” Philosopher by E. Souvestre, v2 [IM#84][im84b10.txt]3997 Apr 2003 An “Attic” Philosopher by E. Souvestre, v1 [IM#83][im83b10.txt]3996
Apr 2003 The Entire Madame Chrysantheme by Loti [IM#82][im82b10.txt]3995 Apr 2003 Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti, v4 [IM#81][im81b10.txt]3994 Apr 2003 Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti, v3 [IM#80][im80b10.txt]3993 Apr 2003 Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti, v2 [IM#79][im79b10.txt]3992 Apr 2003 Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti, v1 [IM#78][im78b10.txt]3991
Apr 2003 The Entire Conscience by Hector Malot [IM#77][im77b10.txt]3990 Apr 2003 Conscience by Hector Malot, v4 [IM#76][im76b10.txt]3989 Apr 2003 Conscience by Hector Malot, v3 [IM#75][im75b10.txt]3988 Apr 2003 Conscience by Hector Malot, v2 [IM#74][im74b10.txt]3987 Apr 2003 Conscience by Hector Malot, v1 [IM#73][im73b10.txt]3986
Apr 2003 The Entire Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard [IM#72][im72b10.txt]3885 Apr 2003 Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard, v4 [IM#71][im71b10.txt]3984 Apr 2003 Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard, v3 [IM#70][im70b10.txt]3983 Apr 2003 Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard, v2 [IM#69][im69b10.txt]3982 Apr 2003 Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard, v1 [IM#68][im68b10.txt]3981
Apr 2003 The Entire Fromont and Risler, by Daudet [IM#67][im67b10.txt]3980 Apr 2003 Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet, v4 [IM#66][im66b10.txt]3979 Apr 2003 Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet, v3 [IM#65][im65b10.txt]3978 Apr 2003 Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet, v2 [IM#64][im64b10.txt]3977 Apr 2003 Fromont and Risler by Alphonse Daudet, v1 [IM#63][im63b10.txt]3976
Apr 2003 Entire The Ink-Stain by Rene Bazin [IM#62][im62b10.txt]3975 Apr 2003 The Ink-Stain by Rene Bazin, v3 [IM#61][im61b10.txt]3974 Apr 2003 The Ink-Stain by Rene Bazin, v2 [IM#60][im60b10.txt]3973 Apr 2003 The Ink-Stain by Rene Bazin, v1 [IM#59][im59b10.txt]3972
Apr 2003 Entire Jacqueline by Bentzon (Mme. Blanc) [IM#58][im58b10.txt]3971 Apr 2003 Jacqueline by Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc), v3 [IM#57][im57b10.txt]3970 Apr 2003 Jacqueline by Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc), v2 [IM#56][im56b10.txt]3969 Apr 2003 Jacqueline by Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc), v1 [IM#55][im55b10.txt]3968
Apr 2003 Entire Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget [IM#54][im54b10.txt]3967 Apr 2003 Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget, v4 [IM#53][im53b10.txt]3966 Apr 2003 Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget, v3 [IM#52][im52b10.txt]3965 Apr 2003 Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget, v2 [IM#51][im51b10.txt]3964 Apr 2003 Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget, v1 [IM#50][im50b10.txt]3963
Apr 2003 Entire Romance of Youth by Francois Coppee [IM#49][im49b10.txt]3962 Apr 2003 A Romance of Youth by Francois Coppee, v4 [IM#48][im48b10.txt]3961 Apr 2003 A Romance of Youth by Francois Coppee, v3 [IM#47][im47b10.txt]3960 Apr 2003 A Romance of Youth by Francois Coppee, v2 [IM#46][im46b10.txt]3959 Apr 2003 A Romance of Youth by Francois Coppee, v1 [IM#45][im45b10.txt]3958
Apr 2003 Entire L’Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halevy [IM#44][im44b10.txt]3957 Apr 2003 L’Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halevy, v3 [IM#43][im43b10.txt]3956 Apr 2003 L’Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halevy, v2 [IM#42][im42b10.txt]3955 Apr 2003 L’Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halevy, v1 [IM#41][im41b10.txt]3954
Apr 2003 The Entire Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny [IM#40][im40b10.txt]3953 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v6 [IM#39][im39b10.txt]3952 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v5 [IM#38][im38b10.txt]3951 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v4 [IM#37][im37b10.txt]3950 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v3 [IM#36][im36b10.txt]3949 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v2 [IM#35][im35b10.txt]3948 Apr 2003 Cinq Mars, by Alfred de Vigny, v1 [IM#34][im34b10.txt]3947
Apr 2003 Entire Monsieur de Camors by Oct. Feuillet [IM#33][im33b10.txt]3946 Apr 2003 Monsieur de Camors by Octave Feuillet, v3 [IM#32][im32b10.txt]3945 Apr 2003 Monsieur de Camors by Octave Feuillet, v2 [IM#31][im31b10.txt]3944 Apr 2003 Monsieur de Camors by Octave Feuillet, v1 [IM#30][im30b10.txt]3943
Apr 2003 Entire Child of a Century, Alfred de Musset[IM#29][im29b10.txt]3942 Apr 2003 Child of a Century, Alfred de Musset, v3 [IM#28][im28b10.txt]3941 Apr 2003 Child of a Century, Alfred de Musset, v2 [IM#27][im27b10.txt]3940 Apr 2003 Child of a Century, Alfred de Musset, v1 [IM#26][im26b10.txt]3939
Apr 2003 Entire A Woodland Queen, by Andre Theuriet [IM#25][im25b10.txt]3938 Apr 2003 A Woodland Queen, by Andre Theuriet, v3 [IM#24][im24b10.txt]3937 Apr 2003 A Woodland Queen, by Andre Theuriet, v2 [IM#23][im23b10.txt]3936 Apr 2003 A Woodland Queen, by Andre Theuriet, v1 [IM#22][im22b10.txt]3935
Apr 2003 The Entire Zebiline by Phillipe de Masa [IM#21][im21b10.txt]3934 Apr 2003 Zebiline by Phillipe de Masa, v3 [IM#20][im20b10.txt]3933 Apr 2003 Zebiline by Phillipe de Masa, v2 [IM#19][im19b10.txt]3932 Apr 2003 Zebiline by Phillipe de Masa, v1 [IM#18][im18b10.txt]3931
Apr 2003 The Entire Prince Zilah by Jules Claretie [IM#17][im17b10.txt]3930 Apr 2003 Prince Zilah, by Jules Claretie, v3 [IM#16][im16b10.txt]3929 Apr 2003 Prince Zilah, by Jules Claretie, v2 [IM#15][im15b10.txt]3928 Apr 2003 Prince Zilah, by Jules Claretie, v1 [IM#14][im14b10.txt]3927
Apr 2003 The Entire MM.and Bebe by Gustave Droz [IM#13][im13b10.txt]3926 Apr 2003 MM.and Bebe by Gustave Droz, v3 [IM#12][im12b10.txt]3925 Apr 2003 MM.and Bebe by Gustave Droz, v2 [IM#11][im11b10.txt]3924 Apr 2003 MM.and Bebe by Gustave Droz, v1 [IM#10][im10b10.txt]3923
Apr 2003 Entire The Red Lily, by Anatole France [IM#09][im09b10.txt]3922 Apr 2003 The Red Lily, by Anatole France, v3 [IM#08][im08b10.txt]3921 Apr 2003 The Red Lily, by Anatole France, v2 [IM#07][im07b10.txt]3920 Apr 2003 The Red Lily, by Anatole France, v1 [IM#06][im06b10.txt]3919
Apr 2003 The Entire Serge Panine, by Georges Ohnet [IM#05][im05b10.txt]3918 Apr 2003 Serge Panine, by Georges Ohnet, v4 [IM#04][im04b10.txt]3917 Apr 2003 Serge Panine, by Georges Ohnet, v3 [IM#03][im03b10.txt]3916 Apr 2003 Serge Panine, by Georges Ohnet, v2 [IM#02][im02b10.txt]3915 Apr 2003 Serge Panine, by Georges Ohnet, v1 [IM#01][im01b10.txt]3914
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES BY GASTON BOISSIER, SECRETAIRE PERPETUEL DE L’ACADEMIE FRANCAISE.
The editor-in-chief of the Maison Mazarin–a man of letters who cherishes an enthusiastic yet discriminating love for the literary and artistic glories of France–formed within the last two pears the great project of collecting and presenting to the vast numbers of intelligent readers of whom New World boasts a series of those great and undying romances which, since 1784, have received the crown of merit awarded by the French Academy–that coveted assurance of immortality in letters and in art.
In the presentation of this serious enterprise for the criticism and official sanction of The Academy, ‘en seance’, was included a request that, if possible, the task of writing a preface to the series should be undertaken by me. Official sanction having been bestowed upon the plan, I, as the accredited officer of the French Academy, convey to you its hearty appreciation, endorsement, and sympathy with a project so nobly artistic. It is also my duty, privilege, and pleasure to point out, at the request of my brethren, the peculiar importance and lasting value of this series to all who would know the inner life of a people whose greatness no turns of fortune have been able to diminish.
In the last hundred years France has experienced the most terrible vicissitudes, but, vanquished or victorious, triumphant or abased, never has she lost her peculiar gift of attracting the curiosity of the world. She interests every living being, and even those who do not love her desire to know her. To this peculiar attraction which radiates from her, artists and men of letters can well bear witness, since it is to literature and to the arts, before all, that France owes such living and lasting power. In every quarter of the civilized world there are distinguished writers, painters, and eminent musicians, but in France they exist in greater numbers than elsewhere. Moreover, it is universally conceded that French writers and artists have this particular and praiseworthy quality: they are most accessible to people of other countries. Without losing their national characteristics, they possess the happy gift of universality. To speak of letters alone: the books that Frenchmen write are read, translated, dramatized, and imitated everywhere; so it is not strange that these books give to foreigners a desire for a nearer and more intimate acquaintance with France.
Men preserve an almost innate habit of resorting to Paris from almost every quarter of the globe. For many years American visitors have been more numerous than others, although the journey from the United States is long and costly. But I am sure that when for the first time they see Paris–its palaces, its churches, its museums–and visit Versailles, Fontainebleau, and Chantilly, they do not regret the travail they have undergone. Meanwhile, however, I ask myself whether such sightseeing is all that, in coming hither, they wish to accomplish. Intelligent travellers–and, as a rule, it is the intelligent class that feels the need of the educative influence of travel–look at our beautiful monuments, wander through the streets and squares among the crowds that fill them, and, observing them, I ask myself again: Do not such people desire to study at closer range these persons who elbow them as they pass; do they not wish to enter the houses of which they see but the facades; do they not wish to know how Parisians live and speak and act by their firesides? But time, alas! is lacking for the formation of those intimate friendships which would bring this knowledge within their grasp. French homes are rarely open to birds of passage, and visitors leave us with regret that they have not been able to see more than the surface of our civilization or to recognize by experience the note of our inner home life.
How, then, shall this void be filled? Speaking in the first person, the simplest means appears to be to study those whose profession it is to describe the society of the time, and primarily, therefore, the works of dramatic writers, who are supposed to draw a faithful picture of it. So we go to the theatre, and usually derive keen pleasure therefrom. But is pleasure all that we expect to find? What we should look for above everything in a comedy or a drama is a representation, exact as possible, of the manners and characters of the dramatis persona of the play; and perhaps the conditions under which the play was written do not allow such representation. The exact and studied portrayal of a character demands from the author long preparation, and cannot be accomplished in a few hours. From, the first scene to the last, each tale must be posed in the author’s mind exactly as it will be proved to be at the end. It is the author’s aim and mission to place completely before his audience the souls of the “agonists” laying bare the complications of motive, and throwing into relief the delicate shades of motive that sway them. Often, too, the play is produced before a numerous audience–an audience often distrait, always pressed for time, and impatient of the least delay. Again, the public in general require that they shall be able to understand without difficulty, and at first thought, the characters the author seeks to present, making it necessary that these characters be depicted from their most salient sides–which are too often vulgar and unattractive.
In our comedies and dramas it is not the individual that is drawn, but the type. Where the individual alone is real, the type is a myth of the imagination–a pure invention. And invention is the mainspring of the theatre, which rests purely upon illusion, and does not please us unless it begins by deceiving us.
I believe, then, that if one seeks to know the world exactly as it is, the theatre does not furnish the means whereby one can pursue the study. A far better opportunity for knowing the private life of a people is available through the medium of its great novels. The novelist deals with each person as an individual. He speaks to his reader at an hour when the mind is disengaged from worldly affairs, and he can add without restraint every detail that seems needful to him to complete the rounding of his story. He can return at will, should he choose, to the source of the plot he is unfolding, in order that his reader may better understand him; he can emphasize and dwell upon those details which an audience in a theatre will not allow.
The reader, being at leisure, feels no impatience, for he knows that he can at any time lay down or take up the book. It is the consciousness of this privilege that gives him patience, should he encounter a dull page here or there. He may hasten or delay his reading, according to the interest he takes in his romance-nay, more, he can return to the earlier pages, should he need to do so, for a better comprehension of some obscure point. In proportion as he is attracted and interested by the romance, and also in the degree of concentration with which he reads it, does he grasp better the subtleties of the narrative. No shade of character drawing escapes him. He realizes, with keener appreciation, the most delicate of human moods, and the novelist is not compelled to introduce the characters to him, one by one, distinguishing them only by the most general characteristics, but can describe each of those little individual idiosyncrasies that contribute to the sum total of a living personality.
When I add that the dramatic author is always to a certain extent a slave to the public, and must ever seek to please the passing taste of his time, it will be recognized that he is often, alas! compelled to sacrifice his artistic leanings to popular caprice-that is, if he has the natural desire that his generation should applaud him.
As a rule, with the theatre-going masses, one person follows the fads or fancies of others, and individual judgments are too apt to be irresistibly swayed by current opinion. But the novelist, entirely independent of his reader, is not compelled to conform himself to the opinion of any person, or to submit to his caprices. He is absolutely free to picture society as he sees it, and we therefore can have more confidence in his descriptions of the customs and characters of the day.
It is precisely this view of the case that the editor of the series has taken, and herein is the raison d’etre of this collection of great French romances. The choice was not easy to make. That form of literature called the romance abounds with us. France has always loved it, for French writers exhibit a curiosity–and I may say an indiscretion–that is almost charming in the study of customs and morals at large; a quality that induces them to talk freely of themselves and of their neighbors, and to set forth fearlessly both the good and the bad in human nature. In this fascinating phase of literature, France never has produced greater examples than of late years.
In the collection here presented to American readers will be found those works especially which reveal the intimate side of French social life- works in which are discussed the moral problems that affect most potently the life of the world at large. If inquiring spirits seek to learn the customs and manners of the France of any age, they must look for it among her crowned romances. They need go back no farther than Ludovic Halevy, who may be said to open the modern epoch. In the romantic school, on its historic side, Alfred de Vigny must be looked upon as supreme. De Musset and Anatole France may be taken as revealing authoritatively the moral philosophy of nineteenth-century thought. I must not omit to mention the Jacqueline of Th. Bentzon, and the “Attic” Philosopher of Emile Souvestre, nor the, great names of Loti, Claretie, Coppe, Bazin, Bourget, Malot, Droz, De Massa, and last, but not least, our French Dickens, Alphonse Daudet. I need not add more; the very names of these “Immortals” suffice to commend the series to readers in all countries.
One word in conclusion: America may rest assured that her students of international literature will find in this series of ‘ouvrages couronnes’ all that they may wish to know of France at her own fireside–a knowledge that too often escapes them, knowledge that embraces not only a faithful picture of contemporary life in the French provinces, but a living and exact description of French society in modern times. They may feel certain that when they have read these romances, they will have sounded the depths and penetrated into the hidden intimacies of France, not only as she is, but as she would be known.
GASTON BOISSIER
SECRETAIRE PERPETUEL DE L’ACADEMIE FRANCAISE
THE IMMORTALS OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY
SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET
SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET, V1
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A man weeps with difficulty before a woman Antagonism to plutocracy and hatred of aristocrats Enough to be nobody’s unless I belong to him Even those who do not love her desire to know her Flayed and roasted alive by the critics
Hard workers are pitiful lovers
He lost his time, his money, his hair, his illusions He was very unhappy at being misunderstood I thought the best means of being loved were to deserve it Men of pleasure remain all their lives mediocre workers My aunt is jealous of me because I am a man of ideas Negroes, all but monkeys!
Patience, should he encounter a dull page here or there Romanticism still ferments beneath the varnish of Naturalism Sacrifice his artistic leanings to popular caprice Unqualified for happiness
You are talking too much about it to be sincere
SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET, V2
[IM#02][im02b10.txt]3915
A uniform is the only garb which can hide poverty honorably Forget a dream and accept a reality
I don’t pay myself with words
Implacable self-interest which is the law of the world In life it is only nonsense that is common-sense Is a man ever poor when he has two arms? Is it by law only that you wish to keep me? Nothing that provokes laughter more than a disappointed lover Suffering is a human law; the world is an arena The uncontested power which money brings We had taken the dream of a day for eternal happiness What is a man who remains useless
SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET, V3
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Because they moved, they thought they were progressing Everywhere was feverish excitement, dissipation, and nullity It was a relief when they rose from the table Money troubles are not mortal
One amuses one’s self at the risk of dying Scarcely was one scheme launched when another idea occurred Talk with me sometimes. You will not chatter trivialities They had only one aim, one passion–to enjoy themselves Without a care or a cross, he grew weary like a prisoner
SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET, V4
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Cowardly in trouble as he had been insolent in prosperity Heed that you lose not in dignity what you gain in revenge She would have liked the world to be in mourning The guilty will not feel your blows, but the innocent
THE ENTIRE SERGE PANINE, BY GEORGES OHNET [IM#05][im05b10.txt]3918
A man weeps with difficulty before a woman A uniform is the only garb which can hide poverty honorably Antagonism to plutocracy and hatred of aristocrats Because they moved, they thought they were progressing Cowardly in trouble as he had been insolent in prosperity Enough to be nobody’s unless I belong to him Even those who do not love her desire to know her Everywhere was feverish excitement, dissipation, and nullity Flayed and roasted alive by the critics
Forget a dream and accept a reality Hard workers are pitiful lovers
He lost his time, his money, his hair, his illusions He was very unhappy at being misunderstood Heed that you lose not in dignity what you gain in revenge I thought the best means of being loved were to deserve it I don’t pay myself with words
Implacable self-interest which is the law of the world In life it is only nonsense that is common-sense Is a man ever poor when he has two arms? Is it by law only that you wish to keep me? It was a relief when they rose from the table Men of pleasure remain all their lives mediocre workers Money troubles are not mortal
My aunt is jealous of me because I am a man of ideas Negroes, all but monkeys!
Nothing that provokes laughter more than a disappointed lover One amuses one’s self at the risk of dying Patience, should he encounter a dull page here or there Romanticism still ferments beneath the varnish of Naturalism Sacrifice his artistic leanings to popular caprice Scarcely was one scheme launched when another idea occurred She would have liked the world to be in mourning Suffering is a human law; the world is an arena Talk with me sometimes. You will not chatter trivialities The guilty will not feel your blows, but the innocent The uncontested power which money brings They had only one aim, one passion–to enjoy themselves Unqualified for happiness
We had taken the dream of a day for eternal happiness What is a man who remains useless
Without a care or a cross, he grew weary like a prisoner You are talking too much about it to be sincere
THE RED LILY, BY ANATOLE FRANCE
THE RED LILY, BY ANATOLE FRANCE, V1
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A hero must be human. Napoleon was human Anti-Semitism is making fearful progress everywhere Brilliancy of a fortune too new
Curious to know her face of that day Do you think that people have not talked about us? Each had regained freedom, but he did not like to be alone Fringe which makes an unlovely border to the city Gave value to her affability by not squandering it He could not imagine that often words are the same as actions He does not bear ill-will to those whom he persecutes He is not intelligent enough to doubt
He studied until the last moment
Her husband had become quite bearable His habit of pleasing had prolonged his youth I feel in them (churches) the grandeur of nothingness I gave myself to him because he loved me I haven’t a taste, I have tastes
It was too late: she did not wish to win Knew that life is not worth so much anxiety nor so much hope Laughing in every wrinkle of his face
Learn to live without desire
Life as a whole is too vast and too remote Life is made up of just such trifles
Life is not a great thing
Love was only a brief intoxication
Made life give all it could yield
Miserable beings who contribute to the grandeur of the past None but fools resisted the current
Not everything is known, but everything is said One would think that the wind would put them out: the stars Picturesquely ugly
Recesses of her mind which she preferred not to open Relatives whom she did not know and who irritated her She is happy, since she likes to remember She pleased society by appearing to find pleasure in it Should like better to do an immoral thing than a cruel one So well satisfied with his reply that he repeated it twice That if we live the reason is that we hope That sort of cold charity which is called altruism The discouragement which the irreparable gives The most radical breviary of scepticism since Montaigne The violent pleasure of losing
Umbrellas, like black turtles under the watery skies Was I not warned enough of the sadness of everything? Whether they know or do not know, they talk
THE RED LILY, BY ANATOLE FRANCE, V2
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A woman is frank when she does not lie uselessly Disappointed her to escape the danger she had feared Does not wish one to treat it with either timidity or brutality He knew now the divine malady of love
I do not desire your friendship
I have known things which I know no more I wished to spoil our past
Impatient at praise which was not destined for himself Incapable of conceiving that one might talk without an object Jealous without having the right to be jealous Lovers never separate kindly
Magnificent air of those beggars of whom small towns are proud Nobody troubled himself about that originality One who first thought of pasting a canvas on a panel Simple people who doubt neither themselves nor others Superior men sometimes lack cleverness
The door of one’s room opens on the infinite The one whom you will love and who will love you will harm you The past is the only human reality–Everything that is, is past There are many grand and strong things which you do not feel They are the coffin saying: ‘I am the cradle’ To be beautiful, must a woman have that thin form Trying to make Therese admire what she did not know Unfortunate creature who is the plaything of life What will be the use of having tormented ourselves in this world Women do not always confess it, but it is always their fault You must take me with my own soul!
THE RED LILY, BY ANATOLE FRANCE, V3
[IM#08][im08b10.txt]3921
Does one ever possess what one loves? Each was moved with self-pity
Everybody knows about that
(Housemaid) is trained to respect my disorder I can forget you only when I am with you I have to pay for the happiness you give me I love myself because you love me
Ideas they think superior to love–faith, habits, interests Immobility of time
It is an error to be in the right too soon It was torture for her not to be able to rejoin him Kissses and caresses are the effort of a delightful despair Let us give to men irony and pity as witnesses and judges Little that we can do when we are powerful Love is a soft and terrible force, more powerful than beauty Nothing is so legitimate, so human, as to deceive pain One is never kind when one is in love
One should never leave the one whom one loves Seemed to him that men were grains in a coffee-mill Since she was in love, she had lost prudence That absurd and generous fury for ownership The politician never should be in advance of circumstances The real support of a government is the Opposition There is nothing good except to ignore and to forget We are too happy; we are robbing life
ENTIRE THE RED LILY, BY ANATOLE FRANCE [IM#09][im09b10.txt]3922
A woman is frank when she does not lie uselessly A hero must be human. Napoleon was human Anti-Semitism is making fearful progress everywhere Brilliancy of a fortune too new
Curious to know her face of that day Disappointed her to escape the danger she had feared Do you think that people have not talked about us? Does not wish one to treat it with either timidity or brutality Does one ever possess what one loves?
Each had regained freedom, but he did not like to be alone Each was moved with self-pity
Everybody knows about that
Fringe which makes an unlovely border to the city Gave value to her affability by not squandering it He could not imagine that often words are the same as actions He studied until the last moment
He is not intelligent enough to doubt He does not bear ill-will to those whom he persecutes He knew now the divine malady of love
Her husband had become quite bearable His habit of pleasing had prolonged his youth (Housemaid) is trained to respect my disorder I love myself because you love me
I can forget you only when I am with you I wished to spoil our past
I feel in them (churches) the grandeur of nothingness I have to pay for the happiness you give me I gave myself to him because he loved me I haven’t a taste, I have tastes
I have known things which I know no more I do not desire your friendship
Ideas they think superior to love–faith, habits, interests Immobility of time
Impatient at praise which was not destined for himself Incapable of conceiving that one might talk without an object It was torture for her not to be able to rejoin him It is an error to be in the right too soon It was too late: she did not wish to win Jealous without having the right to be jealous Kissses and caresses are the effort of a delightful despair Knew that life is not worth so much anxiety nor so much hope Laughing in every wrinkle of his face
Learn to live without desire
Let us give to men irony and pity as witnesses and judges Life as a whole is too vast and too remote Life is made up of just such trifles
Life is not a great thing
Little that we can do when we are powerful Love is a soft and terrible force, more powerful than beauty Love was only a brief intoxication
Lovers never separate kindly
Made life give all it could yield
Magnificent air of those beggars of whom small towns are proud Miserable beings who contribute to the grandeur of the past Nobody troubled himself about that originality None but fools resisted the current
Not everything is known, but everything is said Nothing is so legitimate, so human, as to deceive pain One would think that the wind would put them out: the stars One who first thought of pasting a canvas on a panel One is never kind when one is in love
One should never leave the one whom one loves Picturesquely ugly
Recesses of her mind which she preferred not to open Relatives whom she did not know and who irritated her Seemed to him that men were grains in a coffee-mill She pleased society by appearing to find pleasure in it She is happy, since she likes to remember Should like better to do an immoral thing than a cruel one Simple people who doubt neither themselves nor others Since she was in love, she had lost prudence So well satisfied with his reply that he repeated it twice Superior men sometimes lack cleverness
That sort of cold charity which is called altruism That if we live the reason is that we hope That absurd and generous fury for ownership The most radical breviary of scepticism since Montaigne The door of one’s room opens on the infinite The past is the only human reality — Everything that is, is past The one whom you will love and who will love you will harm you The violent pleasure of losing
The discouragement which the irreparable gives The real support of a government is the Opposition The politician never should be in advance of circumstances There is nothing good except to ignore and to forget There are many grand and strong things which you do not feel They are the coffin saying: ‘I am the cradle’ To be beautiful, must a woman have that thin form Trying to make Therese admire what she did not know Umbrellas, like black turtles under the watery skies Unfortunate creature who is the plaything of life Was I not warned enough of the sadness of everything? We are too happy; we are robbing life
What will be the use of having tormented ourselves in this world Whether they know or do not know, they talk Women do not always confess it, but it is always their fault You must take me with my own soul!
MADAME, MONSIEUR. AND BEBE BY GUSTAVE DROZ
MM. AND BEBE BY GUSTAVE DROZ, V1
[IM#10][im10b10.txt]3923
A ripe husband, ready to fall from the tree Answer “No,” but with a little kiss which means “Yes” As regards love, intention and deed are the same Clumsily, blew his nose, to the great relief of his two arms Emotion when one does not share it
Hearty laughter which men affect to assist digestion How rich we find ourselves when we rummage in old drawers Husband who loves you and eats off the same plate is better I came here for that express purpose
Ignorant of everything, undesirous of learning anything It is silly to blush under certain circumstances Love in marriage is, as a rule, too much at his ease Rather do not give–make yourself sought after Reckon yourself happy if in your husband you find a lover There are pious falsehoods which the Church excuses To be able to smoke a cigar without being sick Why mankind has chosen to call marriage a man-trap
MM. AND BEBE BY GUSTAVE DROZ, V2
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But she thinks she is affording you pleasure Do not seek too much
First impression is based upon a number of trifles Sometimes like to deck the future in the garments of the past The heart requires gradual changes
MM. AND BEBE BY GUSTAVE DROZ, V3
[IM#12][im12b10.txt]3925
Affection is catching
All babies are round, yielding, weak, timid, and soft And I shall say ‘damn it,’ for I shall then be grown up He Would Have Been Forty Now
How many things have not people been proud of I am not wandering through life, I am marching on I do not accept the hypothesis of a world made for us I would give two summers for a single autumn In his future arrange laurels for a little crown for your own It (science) dreams, too; it supposes
Learned to love others by embracing their own children Life is not so sweet for us to risk ourselves in it singlehanded Man is but one of the links of an immense chain Recollection of past dangers to increase the present joy Respect him so that he may respect you
Shelter himself in the arms of the weak and recover courage The future promises, it is the present that pays The future that is rent away
The recollection of that moment lasts for a lifetime Their love requires a return
Ties that unite children to parents are unloosed Ties which unite parents to children are broken To love is a great deal–To know how to love is everything We are simple to this degree, that we do not think we are When time has softened your grief
THE ENTIRE MM. AND BEBE BY GUSTAVE DROZ [IM#13][im13b10.txt]3926
A ripe husband, ready to fall from the tree Affection is catching
All babies are round, yielding, weak, timid, and soft And I shall say ‘damn it,’ for I shall then be grown up Answer “No,” but with a little kiss which means “Yes” As regards love, intention and deed are the same But she thinks she is affording you pleasure Clumsily, blew his nose, to the great relief of his two arms Do not seek too much
Emotion when one does not share it
First impression is based upon a number of trifles He Would Have Been Forty Now
Hearty laughter which men affect to assist digestion How many things have not people been proud of How rich we find ourselves when we rummage in old drawers Husband who loves you and eats off the same plate is better I would give two summers for a single autumn I do not accept the hypothesis of a world made for us I came here for that express purpose
I am not wandering through life, I am marching on Ignorant of everything, undesirous of learning anything In his future arrange laurels for a little crown for your own It (science) dreams, too; it supposes
It is silly to blush under certain circumstances Learned to love others by embracing their own children Life is not so sweet for us to risk ourselves in it singlehanded Love in marriage is, as a rule, too much at his ease Man is but one of the links of an immense chain Rather do not give–make yourself sought after Reckon yourself happy if in your husband you find a lover Recollection of past dangers to increase the present joy Respect him so that he may respect you
Shelter himself in the arms of the weak and recover courage Sometimes like to deck the future in the garments of the past The heart requires gradual changes
The future that is rent away
The recollection of that moment lasts for a lifetime The future promises, it is the present that pays Their love requires a return
There are pious falsehoods which the Church excuses Ties that unite children to parents are unloosed Ties which unite parents to children are broken To be able to smoke a cigar without being sick To love is a great deal–To know how to love is everything We are simple to this degree, that we do not think we are When time has softened your grief
Why mankind has chosen to call marriage a man-trap
PRINCE ZILAH, BY JULES CLARETIE
PRINCE ZILAH, BY JULES CLARETIE, V1
[IM#14][im14b10.txt]3927
A man’s life belongs to his duty, and not to his happiness All defeats have their geneses
Foreigners are more Parisian than the Parisians themselves One of those beings who die, as they have lived, children Playing checkers, that mimic warfare of old men Superstition which forbids one to proclaim his happiness The Hungarian was created on horseback
There were too many discussions, and not enough action Would not be astonished at anything
You suffer? Is fate so just as that
PRINCE ZILAH, BY JULES CLARETIE, V2
[IM#15][im15b10.txt]3928
Life is a tempest
Nervous natures, as prompt to hope as to despair No answer to make to one who has no right to question me Nothing ever astonishes me
Poverty brings wrinkles
PRINCE ZILAH, BY JULES CLARETIE, V3
[IM#16][im16b10.txt]3929
An hour of rest between two ordeals, a smile between two sobs Anonymous, that velvet mask of scandal-mongers At every step the reality splashes you with mud Bullets are not necessarily on the side of the right Does one ever forget?
History is written, not made.
I might forgive,” said Andras; “but I could not forget If well-informed people are to be believe Insanity is, perhaps, simply the ideal realized It is so good to know nothing, nothing, nothing Let the dead past bury its dead!
Man who expects nothing of life except its ending Not only his last love, but his only love Pessimism of to-day sneering at his confidence of yesterday Sufferer becomes, as it were, enamored of his own agony Taken the times as they are
Unable to speak, for each word would have been a sob What matters it how much we suffer
Why should I read the newspapers?
Willingly seek a new sorrow
THE ENTIRE PRINCE ZILAH BY JULES CLARETIE [IM#17][im17b10.txt]3930ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS:
A man’s life belongs to his duty, and not to his happiness All defeats have their geneses
An hour of rest between two ordeals, a smile between two sobs Anonymous, that velvet mask of scandal-mongers At every step the reality splashes you with mud Bullets are not necessarily on the side of the right Does one ever forget?
Foreigners are more Parisian than the Parisians themselves History is written, not made.
I might forgive,” said Andras; “but I could not forget If well-informed people are to be believe Insanity is, perhaps, simply the ideal realized It is so good to know nothing, nothing, nothing Let the dead past bury its dead!
Life is a tempest
Man who expects nothing of life except its ending Nervous natures, as prompt to hope as to despair No answer to make to one who has no right to question me Not only his last love, but his only love Nothing ever astonishes me
One of those beings who die, as they have lived, children Pessimism of to-day sneering at his confidence of yesterday Playing checkers, that mimic warfare of old men Poverty brings wrinkles
Sufferer becomes, as it were, enamored of his own agony Superstition which forbids one to proclaim his happiness Taken the times as they are
The Hungarian was created on horseback There were too many discussions, and not enough action Unable to speak, for each word would have been a sob What matters it how much we suffer
Why should I read the newspapers?
Willingly seek a new sorrow
Would not be astonished at anything You suffer? Is fate so just as that
ZEBILINE BY PHILLIPE DE MASA
ZEBILINE BY PHILLIPE DE MASA, V1
[IM#18][im18b10.txt]3931
Life goes on, and that is less gay than the stories Men admired her; the women sought some point to criticise
ZEBILINE BY PHILLIPE DE MASA, V2
[IM#19][im19b10.txt]3932
Ambiguity has no place, nor has compromise But if this is our supreme farewell, do not tell me so! Chain so light yesterday, so heavy to-day Every man is his own master in his choice of liaisons If I do not give all I give nothing
Indulgence of which they stand in need themselves Ostensibly you sit at the feast without paying the cost Paris has become like a little country town in its gossip The night brings counsel
You are in a conquered country, which is still more dangerous
ZEBILINE BY PHILLIPE DE MASA, V3
[IM#20][im20b10.txt]3933
All that was illogical in our social code Only a man, wavering and changeable
Their Christian charity did not extend so far as that There are mountains that we never climb but once
THE ENTIRE ZEBILINE BY PHILLIPE DE MASA [IM#21][im21b10.txt]3934
All that was illogical in our social code Ambiguity has no place, nor has compromise But if this is our supreme farewell, do not tell me so! Chain so light yesterday, so heavy to-day Every man is his own master in his choice of liaisons If I do not give all I give nothing
Indulgence of which they stand in need themselves Life goes on, and that is less gay than the stories Men admired her; the women sought some point to criticise Only a man, wavering and changeable
Ostensibly you sit at the feast without paying the cost Paris has become like a little country town in its gossip The night brings counsel
Their Christian charity did not extend so far as that There are mountains that we never climb but once You are in a conquered country, which is still more dangerous
A WOODLAND QUEEN, BY ANDRE THEURIET
A WOODLAND QUEEN, BY ANDRE THEURIET, V1 [IM#22][im22b10.txt]3935
Amusements they offered were either wearisome or repugnant Dreaded the monotonous regularity of conjugal life Fawning duplicity
Had not been spoiled by Fortune’s gifts Hypocritical grievances
I am not in the habit of consulting the law It does not mend matters to give way like that Opposing his orders with steady, irritating inertia There are some men who never have had any childhood To make a will is to put one foot into the grave Toast and white wine (for breakfast)
Vague hope came over him that all would come right
A WOODLAND QUEEN, BY ANDRE THEURIET, V2 [IM#23][im23b10.txt]3936
I measure others by myself
Like all timid persons, he took refuge in a moody silence Others found delight in the most ordinary amusements Sensitiveness and disposition to self-blame Women: they are more bitter than death
Yield to their customs, and not pooh-pooh their amusements You must be pleased with yourself–that is more essential
A WOODLAND QUEEN, BY ANDRE THEURIET, V3 [IM#24][im24b10.txt]3937
Accustomed to hide what I think
Consoled himself with one of the pious commonplaces How small a space man occupies on the earth More disposed to discover evil than good Nature’s cold indifference to our sufferings Never is perfect happiness our lot
Plead the lie to get at the truth
The ease with which he is forgotten Those who have outlived their illusions
Timidity of a night-bird that is made to fly in the day Vexed, act in direct contradiction to their own wishes You have considerable patience for a lover
ENTIRE A WOODLAND QUEEN, BY ANDRE THEURIET [IM#25][im25b10.txt]3938
Accustomed to hide what I think
Amusements they offered were either wearisome or repugnant Consoled himself with one of the pious commonplaces Dreaded the monotonous regularity of conjugal life Fawning duplicity
Had not been spoiled by Fortune’s gifts How small a space man occupies on the earth Hypocritical grievances
I am not in the habit of consulting the law I measure others by myself
It does not mend matters to give way like that Like all timid persons, he took refuge in a moody silence More disposed to discover evil than good Nature’s cold indifference to our sufferings Never is perfect happiness our lot
Opposing his orders with steady, irritating inertia Others found delight in the most ordinary amusements Plead the lie to get at the truth
Sensitiveness and disposition to self-blame The ease with which he is forgotten
There are some men who never have had any childhood Those who have outlived their illusions
Timidity of a night-bird that is made to fly in the day To make a will is to put one foot into the grave Toast and white wine (for breakfast)
Vague hope came over him that all would come right Vexed, act in direct contradiction to their own wishes Women: they are more bitter than death
Yield to their customs, and not pooh-pooh their amusements You have considerable patience for a lover You must be pleased with yourself–that is more essential
CHILD OF A CENTURY, ALFRED DE MUSSET
CHILD OF A CENTURY, ALFRED DE MUSSET, V1 [IM#26][im26b10.txt]3939
A terrible danger lurks in the knowledge of what is possible Accustomed to call its disguise virtue
All that is not life, it is the noise of life Become corrupt, and you will cease to suffer Began to forget my own sorrow in my sympathy for her Beware of disgust, it is an incurable evil Death is more to be desired than a living distaste for life Despair of a man sick of life, or the whim of a spoiled child Do they think they have invented what they see Force itself, that mistress of the world Galileo struck the earth, crying: “Nevertheless it moves!” Grief itself was for her but a means of seducing He lives only in the body
Human weakness seeks association
I boasted of being worse than I really was I can not love her, I can not love another I do not intend either to boast or abase myself Ignorance into which the Greek clergy plunged the laity In what do you believe?
Indignation can solace grief and restore happiness Is he a dwarf or a giant
Men doubted everything: the young men denied everything Of all the sisters of love, the most beautiful is pity Perfection does not exist
Resorted to exaggeration in order to appear original Sceptic regrets the faith he has lost the power to regain Seven who are always the same: the first is called hope St. Augustine
Ticking of which (our arteries) can be heard only at night When passion sways man, reason follows him weeping and warning Wine suffuses the face as if to prevent shame appearing there You believe in what is said here below and not in what is done You turn the leaves of dead books
Youth is to judge of the world from first impressions
CHILD OF A CENTURY, ALFRED DE MUSSET, V2 [IM#27][im27b10.txt]3940
Adieu, my son, I love you and I die
All philosophy is akin to atheism
And when love is sure of itself and knows response Can any one prevent a gossip
Each one knows what the other is about to say Good and bad days succeeded each other almost regularly Great sorrows neither accuse nor blaspheme–they listen Happiness of being pursued
He who is loved by a beautiful woman is sheltered from every blow I neither love nor esteem sadness
It is a pity that you must seek pastimes Man who suffers wishes to make her whom he loves suffer No longer esteemed her highly enough to be jealous of her Pure caprice that I myself mistook for a flash of reason Quarrel had been, so to speak, less sad than our reconciliation She pretended to hope for the best
Terrible words; I deserve them, but they will kill me There are two different men in you
We have had a mass celebrated, and it cost us a large sum What human word will ever express thy slightest caress What you take for love is nothing more than desire
CHILD OF A CENTURY, ALFRED DE MUSSET, V3 [IM#28][im28b10.txt]3941
Because you weep, you fondly imagine yourself innocent Cold silence, that negative force
Contrive to use proud disdain as a shield Fool who destroys his own happiness
Funeral processions are no longer permitted How much they desire to be loved who say they love no more I can not be near you and separated from you at the same moment Is it not enough to have lived?
Make a shroud of your virtue in which to bury your crimes Reading the Memoirs of Constant
Sometimes we seem to enjoy unhappiness Speak to me of your love, she said, “not of your grief Suffered, and yet took pleasure in it
Suspicions that are ever born anew
“Unhappy man!” she cried, “you will never know how to love Who has told you that tears can wash away the stains of guilt You play with happiness as a child plays with a rattle Your great weapon is silence
ENTIRE CHILD OF A CENTURY, ALFRED DE MUSSET [IM#29][im29b10.txt]3942
A terrible danger lurks in the knowledge of what is possible Accustomed to call its disguise virtue
Adieu, my son, I love you and I die All philosophy is akin to atheism
All that is not life, it is the noise of life And when love is sure of itself and knows response Because you weep, you fondly imagine yourself innocent Become corrupt, and you will cease to suffer Began to forget my own sorrow in my sympathy for her Beware of disgust, it is an incurable evil Can any one prevent a gossip
Cold silence, that negative force
Contrive to use proud disdain as a shield Death is more to be desired than a living distaste for life Despair of a man sick of life, or the whim of a spoiled child Do they think they have invented what they see Each one knows what the other is about to say Fool who destroys his own happiness
Force itself, that mistress of the world Funeral processions are no longer permitted Galileo struck the earth, crying: “Nevertheless it moves!” Good and bad days succeeded each other almost regularly Great sorrows neither accuse nor blaspheme–they listen Grief itself was for her but a means of seducing Happiness of being pursued
He who is loved by a beautiful woman is sheltered from every blow He lives only in the body
How much they desire to be loved who say they love no more Human weakness seeks association
I can not be near you and separated from you at the same moment I can not love her, I can not love another I boasted of being worse than I really was I neither love nor esteem sadness
I do not intend either to boast or abase myself Ignorance into which the Greek clergy plunged the laity In what do you believe?
Indignation can solace grief and restore happiness Is he a dwarf or a giant
Is it not enough to have lived?
It is a pity that you must seek pastimes Make a shroud of your virtue in which to bury your crimes Man who suffers wishes to make her whom he loves suffer Men doubted everything: the young men denied everything No longer esteemed her highly enough to be jealous of her Of all the sisters of love, the most beautiful is pity Perfection does not exist
Pure caprice that I myself mistook for a flash of reason Quarrel had been, so to speak, less sad than our reconciliation Reading the Memoirs of Constant
Resorted to exaggeration in order to appear original Sceptic regrets the faith he has lost the power to regain Seven who are always the same: the first is called hope She pretended to hope for the best
Sometimes we seem to enjoy unhappiness Speak to me of your love, she said, “not of your grief St. Augustine
Suffered, and yet took pleasure in it Suspicions that are ever born anew
Terrible words; I deserve them, but they will kill me There are two different men in you
Ticking of which (our arteries) can be heard only at night “Unhappy man!” she cried, “you will never know how to love” We have had a mass celebrated, and it cost us a large sum What you take for love is nothing more than desire What human word will ever express thy slightest caress When passion sways man, reason follows him weeping and warning Who has told you that tears can wash away the stains of guilt Wine suffuses the face as if to prevent shame appearing there You believe in what is said here below and not in what is done You play with happiness as a child plays with a rattle You turn the leaves of dead books
Your great weapon is silence
Youth is to judge of the world from first impressions
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS BY OCTAVE FEUILLET
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS BY OCTAVE FEUILLET, V1 [IM#30][im30b10.txt]3943
Bad to fear the opinion of people one despises Camors refused, hesitated, made objections, and consented Confounding progress with discord, liberty with license Contempt for men is the beginning of wisdom Cried out, with the blunt candor of his age Dangers of liberty outweighed its benefits Demanded of him imperatively–the time of day Do not get angry. Rarely laugh, and never weep Every cause that is in antagonism with its age commits suicide Every one is the best judge of his own affairs Every road leads to Rome–and one as surely as another God–or no principles!
He is charming, for one always feels in danger near him Intemperance of her zeal and the acrimony of her bigotry Man, if he will it, need not grow old: the lion must Never can make revolutions with gloves on Once an excellent remedy, is a detestable regimen Pleasures of an independent code of morals Police regulations known as religion
Principles alone, without faith in some higher sanction Property of all who are strong enough to stand it ‘Semel insanivimus omnes.’ (every one has his madness) Slip forth from the common herd, my son, think for yourself Suspicion that he is a feeble human creature after all! There will be no more belief in Christ than in Jupiter Ties that become duties where we only sought pleasures Truth is easily found. I shall read all the newspapers Whether in this world one must be a fanatic or nothing Whole world of politics and religion rushed to extremes With the habit of thinking, had not lost the habit of laughing You can not make an omelette without first breaking the eggs
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS BY OCTAVE FEUILLET, V2 [IM#31][im31b10.txt]3944
A defensive attitude is never agreeable to a man Believing that it is for virtue’s sake alone such men love them Determined to cultivate ability rather than scrupulousness Disenchantment which follows possession
Have not that pleasure, it is useless to incur the penalties Inconstancy of heart is the special attribute of man Knew her danger, and, unlike most of them, she did not love it Put herself on good terms with God, in case He should exist Two persons who desired neither to remember nor to forget
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS BY OCTAVE FEUILLET, V3 [IM#32][im32b10.txt]3945
A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror One of those pious persons who always think evil
ENTIRE MONSIEUR DE CAMORS BY OCT. Feuillet [IM#33][im33b10.txt]3946
A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror A defensive attitude is never agreeable to a man Bad to fear the opinion of people one despises Believing that it is for virtue’s sake alone such men love them Camors refused, hesitated, made objections, and consented Confounding progress with discord, liberty with license Contempt for men is the beginning of wisdom Cried out, with the blunt candor of his age Dangers of liberty outweighed its benefits Demanded of him imperatively–the time of day Determined to cultivate ability rather than scrupulousness Disenchantment which follows possession
Do not get angry. Rarely laugh, and never weep Every one is the best judge of his own affairs Every road leads to Rome–and one as surely as another Every cause that is in antagonism with its age commits suicide God–or no principles!
Have not that pleasure, it is useless to incur the penalties He is charming, for one always feels in danger near him Inconstancy of heart is the special attribute of man Intemperance of her zeal and the acrimony of her bigotry Knew her danger, and, unlike most of them, she did not love it Man, if he will it, need not grow old: the lion must Never can make revolutions with gloves on Once an excellent remedy, is a detestable regimen One of those pious persons who always think evil Pleasures of an independent code of morals Police regulations known as religion
Principles alone, without faith in some higher sanction Property of all who are strong enough to stand it Put herself on good terms with God, in case He should exist Semel insanivimus omnes.’ (every one has his madness) Slip forth from the common herd, my son, think for yourself Suspicion that he is a feeble human creature after all! There will be no more belief in Christ than in Jupiter Ties that become duties where we only sought pleasures Truth is easily found. I shall read all the newspapers Two persons who desired neither to remember nor to forget Whether in this world one must be a fanatic or nothing Whole world of politics and religion rushed to extremes With the habit of thinking, had not lost the habit of laughing You can not make an omelette without first breaking the eggs
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V1
[IM#34][im34b10.txt]3947
Adopted fact is always better composed than the real one Advantage that a calm temper gives one over men Art is the chosen truth
Artificialities of style of that period Artistic Truth, more lofty than the True As Homer says, “smiling under tears”
Difference which I find between Truth in art and the True in fac Happy is he who does not outlive his youth He did not blush to be a man, and he spoke to men with force History too was a work of art
In every age we laugh at the costume of our fathers It is not now what it used to be
It is too true that virtue also has its blush Lofty ideal of woman and of love
Money is not a common thing between gentlemen like you and me Monsieur, I know that I have lived too long Neither idealist nor realist
No writer had more dislike of mere pedantry Offices will end by rendering great names vile Princesses ceded like a town, and must not even weep Principle that art implied selection
Recommended a scrupulous observance of nature Remedy infallible against the plague and against reserve True talent paints life rather than the living Truth, I here venture to distinguish from that of the True Urbain Grandier
What use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example Woman is more bitter than death, and her arms are like chains Yes, we are in the way here
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V2
[IM#35][im35b10.txt]3948
Doubt, the greatest misery of love
Never interfered in what did not concern him So strongly does force impose upon men
The usual remarks prompted by imbecility on such occasions
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V3
[IM#36][im36b10.txt]3949
Ambition is the saddest of all hopes
Assume with others the mien they wore toward him Men are weak, and there are things which women must accomplish
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V4
[IM#37][im37b10.txt]3950
A queen’s country is where her throne is All that he said, I had already thought
Always the first word which is the most difficult to say Dare now to be silent when I have told you these things Daylight is detrimental to them
Friendship exists only in independence and a kind of equality I have burned all the bridges behind me
In pitying me he forgot himself
In times like these we must see all and say all Reproaches are useless and cruel if the evil is done Should be punished for not having known how to punish Tears for the future
The great leveller has swung a long scythe over France The most in favor will be the soonest abandoned by him This popular favor is a cup one must drink This was the Dauphin, afterward Louis XIV
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V5
[IM#38][im38b10.txt]3951
They have believed me incapable because I was kind They tremble while they threaten
CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V6
[IM#39][im39b10.txt]3952
A cat is a very fine animal. It is a drawing-room tiger But how avenge one’s self on silence?
Deny the spirit of self-sacrifice
Hatred of everything which is superior to myself Hermits can not refrain from inquiring what men say of them Princes ought never to be struck, except on the head These ideas may serve as opium to produce a calm They loved not as you love, eh?
THE ENTIRE CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY [IM#40][im40b10.txt]3953
A cat is a very fine animal. It is a drawing-room tiger A queen’s country is where her throne is Adopted fact is always better composed than the real one Advantage that a calm temper gives one over men All that he said, I had already thought
Always the first word which is the most difficult to say Ambition is the saddest of all hopes
Art is the chosen truth
Artificialities of style of that period Artistic Truth, more lofty than the True As Homer says, “smiling under tears”
Assume with others the mien they wore toward him But how avenge one’s self on silence?
Dare now to be silent when I have told you these things Daylight is detrimental to them
Deny the spirit of self-sacrifice
Difference which I find between Truth in art and the True in fac Doubt, the greatest misery of love
Friendship exists only in independence and a kind of equality Happy is he who does not outlive his youth Hatred of everything which is superior to myself He did not blush to be a man, and he spoke to men with force Hermits can not refrain from inquiring what men say of them History too was a work of art
I have burned all the bridges behind me In pitying me he forgot himself
In every age we laugh at the costume of our fathers In times like these we must see all and say all It is not now what it used to be
It is too true that virtue also has its blush Lofty ideal of woman and of love
Men are weak, and there are things which women must accomplish Money is not a common thing between gentlemen like you and me Monsieur, I know that I have lived too long Neither idealist nor realist
Never interfered in what did not concern him No writer had more dislike of mere pedantry Offices will end by rendering great names vile Princes ought never to be struck, except on the head Princesses ceded like a town, and must not even weep Principle that art implied selection
Recommended a scrupulous observance of nature Remedy infallible against the plague and against reserve Reproaches are useless and cruel if the evil is done Should be punished for not having known how to punish So strongly does force impose upon men
Tears for the future
The great leveller has swung a long scythe over France The most in favor will be the soonest abandoned by him The usual remarks prompted by imbecility on such occasions These ideas may serve as opium to produce a calm They tremble while they threaten
They have believed me incapable because I was kind They loved not as you love, eh?
This popular favor is a cup one must drink This was the Dauphin, afterward Louis XIV True talent paints life rather than the living Truth, I here venture to distinguish from that of the True Urbain Grandier
What use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example Woman is more bitter than death, and her arms are like chains Yes, we are in the way here
L’ABBE CONSTANTIN BY LUDOVIC HALEVY
L’ABBE CONSTANTIN BY LUDOVIC HALEVY, V1 [IM#41][im41b10.txt]3954
Ancient pillars of stone, embrowned and gnawed by time And they are shoulders which ought to be seen But she will give me nothing but money
Duty, simply accepted and simply discharged God may have sent him to purgatory just for form’s sake He led the brilliant and miserable existence of the unoccupied If there is one! (a paradise)
Never foolish to spend money. The folly lies in keeping it Often been compared to Eugene Sue, but his touch is lighter One half of his life belonged to the poor Succeeded in wearying him by her importunities and tenderness The history of good people is often monotonous or painful The women have enough religion for the men
L’ABBE CONSTANTIN BY LUDOVIC HALEVY, V2 [IM#42][im42b10.txt]3955
Believing themselves irresistible
Frenchman has only one real luxury–his revolutions Great difference between dearly and very much Had not told all–one never does tell all In order to make money, the first thing is to have no need of it To learn to obey is the only way of learning to command
L’ABBE CONSTANTIN BY LUDOVIC HALEVY, V3 [IM#43][im43b10.txt]3956
Love and tranquillity seldom dwell at peace in the same heart One may think of marrying, but one ought not to try to marry
APR 2003 ENTIRE L’ABBE CONSTANTIN BY LUDOVIC HALEVY [IM#44][im44b10.txt]3957
Ancient pillars of stone, embrowned and gnawed by time And they are shoulders which ought to be seen Believing themselves irresistible
But she will give me nothing but money Duty, simply accepted and simply discharged Frenchman has only one real luxury–his revolutions God may have sent him to purgatory just for form’s sake Great difference between dearly and very much Had not told all–one never does tell all He led the brilliant and miserable existence of the unoccupied If there is one! (a paradise)
In order to make money, the first thing is to have no need of it Love and tranquillity seldom dwell at peace in the same heart Never foolish to spend money. The folly lies in keeping it Often been compared to Eugene Sue, but his touch is lighter One half of his life belonged to the poor One may think of marrying, but one ought not to try to marry Succeeded in wearying him by her importunities and tenderness The women have enough religion for the men The history of good people is often monotonous or painful To learn to obey is the only way of learning to command
A ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY FRANCOIS COPPEE, V1 [IM#45][im45b10.txt]3958
Break in his memory, like a book with several leaves torn out Inoffensive tree which never had harmed anybody It was all delightfully terrible!
Mild, unpretentious men who let everybody run over them Now his grief was his wife, and lived with him Tediousness seems to ooze out through their bindings Tired smile of those who have not long to live Trees are like men; there are some that have no luck Voice of the heart which alone has power to reach the heart When he sings, it is because he has something to sing about
A ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY FRANCOIS COPPEE, V2 [IM#46][im46b10.txt]3959
Dreams, instead of living
Fortunate enough to keep those one loves Learned that one leaves college almost ignorant Paint from nature
The sincere age when one thinks aloud Upon my word, there are no ugly ones (women) Very young, and was in love with love
A ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY FRANCOIS COPPEE, V3 [IM#47][im47b10.txt]3960
Good form consists, above all things, in keeping silent Intimate friend, whom he has known for about five minutes My good fellow, you are quite worthless as a man of pleasure Society people condemned to hypocrisy and falsehood
A ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY FRANCOIS COPPEE, V4 [IM#48][im48b10.txt]3961
Egotists and cowards always have a reason for everything Eternally condemned to kill each other in order to live God forgive the timid and the prattler!
Happiness exists only by snatches and lasts only a moment He almost regretted her
He does not know the miseries of ambition and vanity How sad these old memorics are in the autumn Never travel when the heart is troubled! Not more honest than necessary
Poor France of Jeanne d’Arc and of Napoleon Redouble their boasting after each defeat Take their levity for heroism
The leaves fall! the leaves fall!
Universal suffrage, with its accustomed intelligence Were certain against all reason
ENTIRE ROMANCE OF YOUTH BY FRANCOIS COPPEE [IM#49][im49b10.txt]3962
Break in his memory, like a book with several leaves torn out Dreams, instead of living
Egotists and cowards always have a reason for everything Eternally condemned to kill each other in order to live Fortunate enough to keep those one loves God forgive the timid and the prattler!
Good form consists, above all things, in keeping silent Happiness exists only by snatches and lasts only a moment He does not know the miseries of ambition and vanity He almost regretted her
How sad these old memorics are in the autumn Inoffensive tree which never had harmed anybody Intimate friend, whom he has known for about five minutes It was all delightfully terrible!
Learned that one leaves college almost ignorant Mild, unpretentious men who let everybody run over them My good fellow, you are quite worthless as a man of pleasure Never travel when the heart is troubled! Not more honest than necessary
Now his grief was his wife, and lived with him Paint from nature
Poor France of Jeanne d’Arc and of Napoleon Redouble their boasting after each defeat Society people condemned to hypocrisy and falsehood Take their levity for heroism
Tediousness seems to ooze out through their bindings The leaves fall! the leaves fall!
The sincere age when one thinks aloud Tired smile of those who have not long to live Trees are like men; there are some that have no luck Universal suffrage, with its accustomed intelligence Upon my word, there are no ugly ones (women) Very young, and was in love with love
Voice of the heart which alone has power to reach the heart Were certain against all reason
When he sings, it is because he has something to sing about
COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET
COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET, V1
[IM#50][im50b10.txt]3963
Follow their thoughts instead of heeding objects Has as much sense as the handle of a basket Mediocre sensibility
No flies enter a closed mouth
Pitiful checker-board of life
Scarcely a shade of gentle condescension That you can aid them in leading better lives? The forests have taught man liberty
There is an intelligent man, who never questions his ideas Thinking it better not to lie on minor points Too prudent to risk or gain much
Walked at the rapid pace characteristic of monomaniacs
COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET, V2
[IM#51][im51b10.txt]3964
Conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity Despotism natural to puissant personalities Egyptian tobacco, mixed with opium and saltpetre Have never known in the morning what I would do in the evening I no longer love you
Imagine what it would be never to have been born Melancholy problem of the birth and death of love Only one thing infamous in love, and that is a falsehood Words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered
COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET, V3
[IM#52][im52b10.txt]3965
One of those trustful men who did not judge when they loved That suffering which curses but does not pardon
COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET, V4
[IM#53][im53b10.txt]3966
Mobile and complaisant conscience had already forgiven himself Not an excuse, but an explanation of your conduct Sufficed him to conceive the plan of a reparation There is always and everywhere a duty to fulfil
ENTIRE COSMOPOLIS BY PAUL BOURGET
[IM#54][im54b10.txt]3967
Conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity Despotism natural to puissant personalities Egyptian tobacco, mixed with opium and saltpetre Follow their thoughts instead of heeding objects Has as much sense as the handle of a basket Have never known in the morning what I would do in the evening I no longer love you
Imagine what it would be never to have been born Mediocre sensibility
Melancholy problem of the birth and death of love Mobile and complaisant conscience had already forgiven himself No flies enter a closed mouth
Not an excuse, but an explanation of your conduct One of those trustful men who did not judge when they loved Only one thing infamous in love, and that is a falsehood Pitiful checker-board of life
Scarcely a shade of gentle condescension Sufficed him to conceive the plan of a reparation That suffering which curses but does not pardon That you can aid them in leading better lives? The forests have taught man liberty
There is an intelligent man, who never questions his ideas There is always and everywhere a duty to fulfil Thinking it better not to lie on minor points Too prudent to risk or gain much
Walked at the rapid pace characteristic of monomaniacs Words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered
JACQUELINE BY TH. BENTZON (MME. BLANC)
JACQUELINE BY TH. BENTZON (MME. BLANC), V1 [IM#55][im55b10.txt]3968
Great interval between a dream and its execution Music–so often dangerous to married happiness Old women–at least thirty years old!
Seldom troubled himself to please any one he did not care for Small women ought not to grow stout
Sympathetic listening, never having herself anything to say The bandage love ties over the eyes of men Waste all that upon a thing that nobody will ever look at Women who are thirty-five should never weep
JACQUELINE BY TH. BENTZON (MME. BLANC), V2 [IM#56][im56b10.txt]3969
A mother’s geese are always swans
Bathers, who exhibited themselves in all degrees of ugliness Fred’s verses were not good, but they were full of dejection Hang out the bush, but keep no tavern
A familiarity which, had he known it, was not flattering His sleeplessness was not the insomnia of genius Importance in this world are as easily swept away as the sand Natural longing, that we all have, to know the worst Notion of her husband’s having an opinion of his own Pride supplies some sufferers with necessary courage Seemed to enjoy themselves, or made believe they did This unending warfare we call love
Unwilling to leave him to the repose he needed
JACQUELINE BY TH. BENTZON (MME. BLANC), V3 [IM#57][im57b10.txt]3970
As we grow older we lay aside harsh judgments and sharp words Blow which annihilates our supreme illusion Death is not that last sleep
Fool (there is no cure for that infirmity) The worst husband is always better than none
ENTIRE JACQUELINE BY BENTZON (MME. BLANC [IM#58][im58b10.txt]3971
A familiarity which, had he known it, was not flattering A mother’s geese are always swans
As we grow older we lay aside harsh judgments and sharp words Bathers, who exhibited themselves in all degrees of ugliness Blow which annihilates our supreme illusion Death is not that last sleep
Fool (there is no cure for that infirmity) Fred’s verses were not good, but they were full of dejection Great interval between a dream and its execution Hang out the bush, but keep no tavern
His sleeplessness was not the insomnia of genius Importance in this world are as easily swept away as the sand Music–so often dangerous to married happiness Natural longing, that we all have, to know the worst Notion of her husband’s having an opinion of his own Old women–at least thirty years old!
Pride supplies some sufferers with necessary courage Seemed to enjoy themselves, or made believe they did Seldom troubled himself to please any one he did not care for Small women ought not to grow stout
Sympathetic listening, never having herself anything to say The bandage love ties over the eyes of men The worst husband is always better than none This unending warfare we call love
Unwilling to leave him to the repose he needed Waste all that upon a thing that nobody will ever look at Women who are thirty-five should never weep
THE INK-STAIN BY RENE BAZIN
THE INK-STAIN BY RENE BAZIN, V1
[IM#59][im59b10.txt]3972
Happy men don’t need company
Lends–I should say gives
Natural only when alone, and talk well only to themselves One doesn’t offer apologies to a man in his wrath Silence, alas! is not the reproof of kings alone The looks of the young are always full of the future You a law student, while our farmers are in want of hands
THE INK-STAIN BY RENE BAZIN, V2
[IM#60][im60b10.txt]3973
Came not in single spies, but in battalions Men forget sooner
Skilful actor, who apes all the emotions while feeling none Sorrows shrink into insignificance as the horizon broadens Surprise goes for so much in what we admire To be your own guide doubles your pleasure You must always first get the tobacco to burn evenly
THE INK-STAIN BY RENE BAZIN, V3
[IM#61][im61b10.txt]3974
All that a name is to a street–its honor, its spouse Distrust first impulse
Felix culpa
Hard that one can not live one’s life over twice He always loved to pass for being overwhelmed with work I don’t call that fishing
If trouble awaits us, hope will steal us a happy hour or two Obstacles are the salt of all our joys
People meeting to “have it out” usually say nothing at first The very smell of books is improving
There are some blunders that are lucky; but you can’t tell You ask Life for certainties, as if she had any to give you
ENTIRE THE INK-STAIN BY RENE BAZIN
[IM#62][im62b10.txt]3975
All that a name is to a street–its honor, its spouse Came not in single spies, but in battalions Distrust first impulse
Felix culpa
Happy men don’t need company
Hard that one can not live one’s life over twice He always loved to pass for being overwhelmed with work I don’t call that fishing
If trouble awaits us, hope will steal us a happy hour or two Lends–I should say gives
Men forget sooner
Natural only when alone, and talk well only to themselves Obstacles are the salt of all our joys
One doesn’t offer apologies to a man in his wrath People meeting to “have it out” usually say nothing at first Silence, alas! is not the reproof of kings alone Skilful actor, who apes all the emotions while feeling none Sorrows shrink into insignificance as the horizon broadens Surprise goes for so much in what we admire The very smell of books is improving
The looks of the young are always full of the future There are some blunders that are lucky; but you can’t tell To be your own guide doubles your pleasure You a law student, while our farmers are in want of hands You must always first get the tobacco to burn evenly You ask Life for certainties, as if she had any to give you
FROMONT AND RISLER BY ALPHONSE DAUDET
FROMONT AND RISLER BY ALPHONSE DAUDET, V1 [IM#63][im63b10.txt]3976
Affectation of indifference
Always smiling condescendingly
Convent of Saint Joseph, four shoes under the bed! Deeming every sort of occupation beneath him Dreams of wealth and the disasters that immediately followed He fixed the time mentally when he would speak Little feathers fluttering for an opportunity to fly away No one has ever been able to find out what her thoughts were Pass half the day in procuring two cakes, worth three sous She was of those who disdain no compliment Such artificial enjoyment, such idiotic laughter Superiority of the man who does nothing over the man who works Terrible revenge she would take hereafter for her sufferings The groom isn’t handsome, but the bride’s as pretty as a picture The poor must pay for all their enjoyments
FROMONT AND RISLER BY ALPHONSE DAUDET, V2 [IM#64][im64b10.txt]3977
Charm of that one day’s rest and its solemnity Clashing knives and forks mark time
Faces taken by surprise allow their real thoughts to be seen Make for themselves a horizon of the neighboring walls and roofs