French Literary Quotes about "proposer"

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L'homme propose et dispose. Il ne tient qu'à lui de s'appartenir tout entier.

Man proposes and disposes. It is up to him to belong entirely to himself.

André Breton Tinchebray, Orne, 1896-Paris 1966 Manifeste du surréalisme Pauvert

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L'homme propose (la femme accepte souvent) et Dieu dispose.

The man proposes (the woman often accepts) and God disposes.

Alphonse Allais Honfleur 1854-Paris 1905 Ne nous frappons pas Revue Blanche

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