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Or çà, les lois sont comme toiles d'araignes ; or çà, les simples moucherons et petits papillons y sont pris ; or çà, les gros taons malfaisants les rompent, or çà, et passent à travers.

Now, the laws are like spider webs; but here, simple midges and small butterflies are caught there; but here, the big evil gadflies break them, or here, and pass through.

François Rabelais La Devinière, près de Chinon, vers 1494-Paris 1553 Le Cinquiesme et Dernier Livre, 12

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Les lois sont semblables aux toiles d'araignée, qui attrapent les petites mouches, mais laissent passer guêpes et frelons.

The laws are like spider webs, which catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets pass through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift Dublin 1667-Dublin 1745 A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind

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Les lois sont des toiles d'araignées à travers lesquelles passent les grosses mouches et où restent les petites.

Laws are cobwebs through which the big flies pass and the small ones remain.

Honoré de Balzac Tours 1799-Paris 1850 La Maison Nucingen

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