[“Je n’y puis plus tenir, j’enrage; et mon dessein
Est de rompre en visière à tout le genre humain.”
Molière, Le Misanthrope, i. 1.
Literally the phrase means: to break one’s lance against the visor of one’s enemy.]
Vite
Plus vite que ça (fam.) = Look sharp about it.
Vivre
Je n’ai pas trouvé âme qui vive = I did not find a soul.
*Qui vivra verra = He who lives longest will see most; Time will show (tell).
Monsieur vit de ses rentes = The gentleman is independent (i.e. has an income of his own).
Apprendre à vivre = To learn manners.