French Literary Quotes about "circonstance"

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Il n'y a pas de poésie, si lointaine qu'on la prétende des circonstances, qui ne tienne des circonstances sa force, sa naissance et son prolongement.

There is no poetry, however distant it may be from circumstances, that does not draw its strength, its birth and its continuation from circumstances.

Louis Aragon Paris 1897-Paris 1982 Chronique du bel canto Skira

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Je ne veux ni ne rejette rien absolument, mais je consulte toujours les circonstances.

I neither want nor reject anything absolutely, but I always consult the circumstances.

Confucius, en chinois Kongzi ou Kongfuzi [ 551-479 avant J.-C. Entretiens, IX, 18 (traduction S. Couvreur)

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