Amour
Love. The most worn-out word in the language — and the newest each morning. It crosses everything: philosophy, poetry, daily life. It makes you brave and it makes you mad.
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“Je ne pouvais pas prendre à la légère l'idée que des gens faisaient l'amour sans moi.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“I could not take lightly the idea that people were making love without me.”
— Inconnu
“Mon cœur est dans ma main, et ma main est percée, et ma main est dans le sac, et le sac est fermé, et mon cœur est pris.”
Original quote in French
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“My heart is in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand is in the bag, and the bag is closed, and my heart is taken.”
— Inconnu
“Ce n'est pas de ne pas être aimé qui est un malheur, c'est de ne pas aimer.”
Original quote in French
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“It's not not being loved that is a disaster, it's not loving.”
— L'Été
“Il faut aimer.”
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“One must love.”
— La Vie devant soi
“Je t'aime. Je n'ai pas le temps d'en dire plus.”
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“I love you. I don't have time to say more.”
— Clair de femme
“Aimer, c'est l'innocence éternelle.”
Original quote in French
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“To love is eternal innocence.”
— Chien blanc
“L'amour est un châtiment. Nous sommes punis de n'avoir pas pu rester seuls.”
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“Love is a punishment. We are punished for not being able to stay alone.”
— Mémoires d'Hadrien
“Aimer, c'est aussi savoir s'en aller.”
Original quote in French
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“To love is also to know how to leave.”
— Inconnu
“L'amour, c'est l'infini mis à la portée des caniches.”
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“Love is the infinite placed within the reach of poodles.”
— Voyage au bout de la nuit
“L'amour est à réinventer.”
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“Love is to be reinvented.”
— Une saison en enfer
“Il faut aimer. C'est la seule chose qui compte.”
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“One must love. That's the only thing that matters.”
— La Vie devant soi
“L'amour est la seule chose raisonnable qui puisse nous arriver.”
Original quote in French
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“Love is the only reasonable thing that can happen to us.”
— Inconnu
“Le verbe aimer est difficile à conjuguer : son passé n'est pas simple, son présent n'est qu'indicatif, et son futur est toujours conditionnel.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The verb to love is difficult to conjugate: its past is not simple, its present is only indicative, and its future is always conditional.”
— Inconnu
“La cristallisation, c'est l'opération de l'esprit qui tire de tout ce qui se présente la preuve que l'objet aimé a de nouvelles perfections.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Crystallization is the operation of the mind that draws from everything that presents itself the proof that the beloved object has new perfections.”
— De l'amour
“L'amour est la seule chose qui compte, tout le reste n'est que littérature.”
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“Love is the only thing that matters, everything else is just literature.”
— Inconnu
“Paris est tout petit pour ceux qui s'aiment d'un aussi grand amour.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Paris is very small for those who love each other with such great love.”
— Inconnu
“Aimer, ce n'est pas se regarder l'un l'autre, c'est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.”
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“To love is not to look at each other, it is to look together in the same direction.”
— Inconnu
“L'amour est la seule passion qui ne supporte ni passé ni avenir.”
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“Love is the only passion that does not tolerate a past or a future.”
— Inconnu
“Le coeur est une richesse qui ne se vend pas, mais qui s'offre.”
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“The heart is a wealth that is not sold, but offered.”
— Inconnu
“Le baiser est la plus sûre façon de se taire en disant tout.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“A kiss is the surest way to be silent while saying everything.”
— Inconnu
