On donne des conseils mais on n'inspire point de conduite.
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We may bestow advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.
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Variant translation: We give advice but do not inspire behavior.
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Maxim 378.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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On ne donne rien si libéralement que ses conseils.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Il me semble, disait M. de…, ? propos des faveurs des femmes, qu'? la vérité, cela se dispute au concours, mais que cela ne se donne ni au sentiment, ni au mérite.
Nicolas Chamfort
I have heard it said, by the way, that Donne's intolerable defect of ear grew out of his own baptismal name, when harnessed to his own surname -- John Donne. No man, it was said, who had listened to this hideous jingle from childish years, could fail to have his genius for discord, and the abominable in sound, improved to the utmost.
John Donne
La Nature ne m'a point dit: ne sois point pauvre; encore moins: sois riche; mais elle me crie: sois indépendant.
Nicolas Chamfort
Il y a de bons mariages, mais il n'y en a point de délicieux.
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