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Je suis vaincu du temps ; je cède à ses outrages.

I am defeated by time; I give in to his outrages.

François de Malherbe Caen 1555-Paris 1628 Odes

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Toute pensée, en un mot, était ressentie par eux comme un outrage personnel.

Any thought, in a word, was felt by them as a personal outrage.

All thought, to be brief, was very properly resented as a personal affront to themselves.

Edgar Allan Poe Boston 1809-Baltimore 1849 Eureka

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Même elle avait encor cet éclat emprunté Dont elle eut soin de peindre et d'orner son visage, Pour réparer des ans l'irréparable outrage.

Even she still had this borrowed radiance With which she took care to paint and adorn her face, To repair the irreparable outrage for years.

Jean Racine La Ferté-Milon 1639-Paris 1699 Athalie, II, 5, Athalie

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Il y a des outrages qui vous vengent de tous les triomphes, des sifflets qui sont plus doux pour l'orgueil que des bravos.

There are outrages that avenge you for all your triumphs, whistles that are sweeter to pride than bravos.

Gustave Flaubert Rouen 1821-Croisset, près de Rouen, 1880 Correspondance, à Louise Colet, 1852

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Ce n'est que dans le sang qu'on lave un tel outrage ; Meurs ou tue […].

It is only in blood that such outrage is washed away; Die or kill […].

Pierre Corneille Rouen 1606-Paris 1684 Le Cid, I, 5, Don Diègue