Anne Frank : citations (French)

Hello, in another blog on shorthand, quotes from Anne Frank are posted in English. I wanted to write them too. So here are some quotes in French: As always, if you see any mistakes, please, let me know… 🙂 Here are some of these quotes in English: 2) “You must work and do good, not…

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Les enfants des étoiles

Hello, Aymeric and I, we started a discussion some time ago about adding new prefixes to French Gregg. I had particularly in mind the prefixes hydr- and oxy-. For the prefix oxy-, it’s easy, the ideal prefix would be o/ as it isn’t used in French Gregg. For the prefix hydr-, well, I had a…

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Enigma

Hello, during the confinement, I had a look at the Anniversary manual — the English one — and tried to guess the meaning of the texts. An exercise a lot easier and less frustrating when you have the solutions. I didn’t finish the manual and I am not sure I have enough motivation to do…

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James Baldwin : citations (French)

Hello, some quotes from James Baldwin, famous American writer. Here are the original versions in English: You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you. Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of…

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Ni vous sans moi… (French)

Hello, a short poem from an author of the 16th century, Marie de France: As it is poetry, so quite difficult, I will put the transcript (but I think it spoils the fun… if there’s any): D’eux deux il était ainsi Comme du chèvre-feuille était Qui au coudrier se prenait. Quand il s’est enlacé et…

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Marc-Aurèle : citations (French)

Hello, in these particular times, I wanted to post something that can inspire. Marcus-Aurelius was known as ‘the philosopher king’ and here are almost all the quotes in English: 1 – “God give me patience, to reconcile with what I am not able to change Give me strength to change what I can And give…

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