Mellin de Saint-Gelais Quotes

French poet

Mellin de Saint-Gelais (ca. 1490 – October 1558) was a French writer of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France.

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Original: Amitié qui se peut finir / Ne fut jamais bien commencée

Original: Mieux vaut faire, et se repentir / Que se repentir, et rien faire

No bird can ever fly / like a heart can rise so high

A friendship that can be ended / didn't ever start

Original: Il n'est oiseau qui sût voler / Si haut comme un coeur peut aller

It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted