To more than enough one can come too much

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Translation © by David Wyatt

De plus qu’assez l’on peut à trop venir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

De plus qu’assez l’on peut à trop venir
Et puis ce trop a si grande puissance
Que bien tost fait un rien parvenir
Celluy qui n’a d’assez la suffisance
Mais si de peu (de bonheur) se contente
En detestant de trop l’avancement
Asseuré est par constance prudente
De retourner à son commencement
       De plus qu’assez.

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• H. Naich

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by Hubert Naich (c1513 - c1546), "De moins que riens l’on peut à peu venir"

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To more than enough one can come too...

Language: English after the French (Français)

To more than enough one can come too much,
And since this too much has such great power
That quite soon it makes nothing appear.
He who hasn’t enough of enough
But yet contents himself with little (by good chance)
In detesting too much advancement
Is assured through constant prudence
Of returning to his beginning
     To more than enough.

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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 59