Top 7 Bernard-Joseph Saurin Quotes

French writer

Bernard-Joseph Saurin (1706 – 17 November 1781) was a French lawyer, poet, and playwright.

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Woe to the conquered is the law of the world!

La loi de l'univers, c'est malheur aux vaincus!

Nothing is wanting to his fame, he was wanting to our own.

Rien ne manque à sa gloire, il manquait à la nôtre.

How long the night that’s passed wn wakeful grief!

Qu’une nuit paraît longue à la douleur qui veille!

La loi permet souvent ce que défend l’honneur.