by
Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
De quelques Français
Language: French (Français)
Drôles et gambadant come des singes,
certains Français, avec la faconde des
perroquets, feraient volontiers des Ministres;
Mais en fait d'inutilité, il ne faut que
le nécessaire, et l'Académie y pourvoit déjà...
Mais chut: l'Etranger nous écoute. Et j'aime
toujours ma Patrie.
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On some Frenchmen
Language: English after the French (Français)
Amusing and gamboling like monkeys,
certain Frenchmen, with the fluency of
parrots, would voluntarily become ministers;
But in terms of idleness, only the basics are
necessary, and the Académie already covers that...
But shush: foreigners are listening. And I love
my country, always.
Translator's note: The Académie is the venerated and often ridiculed institute whose job is to supervise the French language.
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