
“Abstinent : personne faible qui cède à la tentation de se refuser un plaisir.”
Issue du Dictionnaire du diable
Les Misérables
“Abstinent : personne faible qui cède à la tentation de se refuser un plaisir.”
Issue du Dictionnaire du diable
“La reconnaissance est un fardeau, et tout fardeau est fait pour être secoué.”
Rameau's Nephew (1762)
“Après tout, cet homme a tenté de tuer mon père à un moment.”
After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.
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À propos de Saddam Hussein
Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
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L'immunité artistique, quelques notes sur Salvador Dali, 1944
St Anthony tempted the devils quite as much as they tempted him; for his peculiar sanctity was a greater temptation to tempt him than they could stand. Strictly speaking, it was the devils who were the more to be pitied, for they were led up by St Anthony to be tempted and fell, whereas St Anthony did not fall.
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Trahison de l'Occident, 1975