Tristan Bernard: quotes (French)
Hello, some quotes from Tristan Bernard, an French author famous for his humour… 🙂 Edit: Updates made.
Un bon conseil (French)
Hello! Again me. A simple fairy tale from Western Africa. The translation is mine. I think it’s not very difficult to understand. 🙂
Vivre sans patron (French)
Hello, sometimes at the beginnings of chapters in books, there are quotes… So this is some quotes of the book “Vivre sans patron” (“Living without a boss”) written by Sergio Fernández which is a collection of advices to work… without a boss. The authors are: Georges Gurdjieff; Popol Vuh (Sacred Book of the Maya); Johann…
Le léopard et l’antilope (French)
Hello! I have wanted to post this story for a while. I found it in a schoolbook. It is an African fairy tale… the translation is mine. Again feel free to criticize. 🙂 Edit: Changes made…
Dame souris… (French)
Hello, here is a lengthy but quite easy poem: I know… Verlaine again. A really good poet… with his highs and lows in life. 🙂 Edit: I changed the text considering the points raised by Carlos.
Le bûcheron et la mort (French)
Hello, I prepared this little poem days ago and now I decide to post it. (It’s lighter than the title suggests). It’s from Nicolas Boileau who wrote very sensitive and thoughtful texts. I thought to write his name at the end, the name of the author is not difficult but the title of the book…
Les Droits de l’Homme (French)
Hello! In these troubled times, I wanted to tackle something more… essential. So these are the first three articles of the « Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme », United Nations version. Again here are some words I didn’t find in the manuals, so I created them based on the “Gregg Shorthand Dictionary” like “fraternité”…
Le ciel… (French)
Hello! A short poem in French. The words are not difficult… I think. Again… feel free to criticize… about anything. Edit: I made the promised changes… Thanks again, LVW. 🙂
French quotes… again
Hello! I’ve tried to find funny quotes and make a central theme… but it didn’t end well. So few more quotes… again feel free to criticize… I had to forge some forms. 1.et 2. Sydney Smith ; 3. Arthur Schopenhauer (but now I realise that the quote is not complete…) ; 4. Jean l’Anselme ;…
Few more quotes in French
Hello! As much I would like to do long texts as Carlos do, I have the feeling that the time hasn’t come… So few more quotes from: Ingrid Bergman; “English saying” (well, written in French…); Appeared on a Goya painting. So it should from Goya… Claude Aveline; Again Swâmi Prajñânpad I don’t think you will…