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 n'y a de nouveau que ce qui a vieilli—There 15 is nothing new but what has become antiquated. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a de nouveau que ce qui est oublié—There is nothing new but what is forgotten. Mdlle. Bertine.

Il n'y a de sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit—There are no fools so unsufferable as those who have wit. La Roche.

Il n'y a pas à dire—There is no use saying anything; the thing is settled. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de cheval si bon qu'il ne bronche pas—There is no horse so sure-footed as never to trip. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de gens plus affairés que ceux qui 20 n'ont rien à faire—There are no people so busy as those who have nothing to do. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a pas de petit ennemi—There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. Fr. Pr.

Il n'y a peut-être point de vérité qui ne soit à quelque esprit faux matière d'erreur—There is, perhaps, no truth that is not to some false minds matter of error. Vauvenargues.

Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées—There are no longer any Pyrenees. Louis XIV., on the departure of the Duke of Anjou from Paris for Spain.

Il n'y a point au monde un si pénible métier que celui de se faire un grand nom. La vie s'achève que l'on a à peine ébauché son ouvrage—There is not a more laborious undertaking in the world than that of earning a great name; life comes to a close before one has well schemed out one's course. La Bruyère.