Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Il faut avoir une âme—It is indispensable that we should have a soul. Tolstoi.

Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise—It requires greater moral strength to bear good fortune than bad. La Roche.

Il faut en affrontant l'orage / Penser, vivre et 25 mourir en roi—I must in face of the storm think, live, and die as a king. Frederick the Great.

Il faut hurler avec les loups—You must howl if you are among wolves. Fr. Pr.

Il faut laver son linge sale en famille—One's filthy linen should be washed at home. Fr. Pr.

Il faut payer de sa vie—One must pay with his life. Fr. Pr.

Il faut perdre un véron pour pêcher un saumon—We must lose a minnow to catch a salmon. Fr. Pr.

Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée—A 30 door must either be open or shut. Brueys et Palaprat.

Il faut savoir s'ennuyer—One must accustom one's self to be bored. Lady Bloomfield.

Il faut sortir de la vie ainsi que d'un banquet, / Remerciant son hôte, et faisant son paquet—One must quit life as one does a banquet, thanking the host and packing up one's belongings. Voltaire.