Translation: Conscience, my poor boy, is like suede gloves:… - François Coppée

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Translation: Conscience, my poor boy, is like suede gloves: it is the fashion to wear them soiled.

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François Edouard Joachim Coppée (26 January 1842 – 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist.

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Birth Name: François Édouard Joachim Coppée

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Oh! comme les oiseaux doivent mourir l’hiver!
Pourtant, lorsque viendra le temps des violettes,
Nous ne trouverons pas leurs délicats squelettes
Dans le gazon d’avril, où nous irons courir.
Est-ce que les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir?

Translation: Oft in some dull dark corner blooms a flower.

Translation: You must give, give, give!

Translation: Conscience, my poor boy, is like suede gloves: it is the fashion to wear them soiled. - François Coppée

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