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aphorisme
"L’aphorisme, du grec aphorismos αφοριζειν ("définir, délimiter") est une sentence énoncée en peu de mots et par extension une phrase qui résume un principe ou cherche à caractériser un mot, une situation sous un aspect singulier [1] . D'une certaine...
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Here, Philip Larkin
Here Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows And traffic all night north; swerving through fields Too thin and thistled to be called meadows, And now and then a harsh-named halt, that shields Workmen at dawn; swerving to solitude Of skies and scarecrows,...
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Un mot pour un autre, Tardieu (1903-1995)
Mme de Perleminouze, confidentiellement -Alors, toujours pas de pralines? Madame- Aucune. Mme de Perleminouze - Pas même un grain de riflard? Madame.- Pas un! Il n'a jamais daigné me repiquer, depuis le flot où il m'a zébrée! Mme de Perleminouze- Quel...
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lonely as a cloud
I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the...
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Notre père, Prévert (1900-1977)
"Notre Père qui êtes aux cieux Restez-y Et nous nous resterons sur la terre Qui est quelquefois si jolie Avec ses mystères de New York Et puis ses mystères de Paris Qui valent bien celui de la Trinité Avec son petit canal de l'Ourcq Sa grande muraille...
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Le temps/ l'arbre
La conception du temps chez l'européen expliquée par Kapuscinski: le temps est en dehors de l'homme . Il existe objectivement. L'homme se sent au service du temps qui est absolu. Il doit observer des délais, des dates et des jours. Entre l'homme et le...
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Still I rise, Maya Angelou (1928-)
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room....
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The Tragic Sense of Life, Miguel de Unamuno
In the most secret recess of the spirit of the man who believes that death will put an end to his personal consciousness and even to his memory forever, in that inner recess, even without his knowing it perhaps, a shadow hovers, a vague shadow lurks,...
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Hawksley Workman jealous of your cigarette
No muscle man, no candy cane No pack of sexy starving wolves No money talking, moonlight walking Lady shocking, big crow cocking Those ladybugs can go to blazes Here and there go pretty faces All of this don't mess my stuffing Only one thing got me huffing...
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Roald Dahl
The Crocodile "No animal is half as vile As Crocky–Wock, the crocodile. On Saturdays he likes to crunch Six juicy children for his lunch And he especially enjoys Just three of each, three girls, three boys. He smears the boys (to make them hot) With mustard...
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Hakuna matata
Hakuna matata est issue de l'expression kiswahili Le préfixe ki signifie ici « langue », swahili désigne la côte, le kiswahili est donc la langue de la côte est: Tanzanie , Kenya , Ouganda , Rwanda , Burundi , République démocratique du Congo , Somalie...
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monsieur Réglisse dans toute sa splendeur
"N'annonce pas..vis, brûle, tonne!" (13/01/08) "Ne sois pas ma contrainte, sois mon porte avion!" "Sponge D...! Tu la presses fort et il en sort des larmes! Comme une éponge, quoi!" "Tu saisis le souci et tu le fight!" (à zozoter) "Ah! Tu veux que je...
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la quête
Rêver un impossible rêve Porter le chagrin des départs Brûler d'une possible fièvre Partir où personne ne part Aimer jusqu'à la déchirure Aimer, même trop, même mal, Tenter, sans force et sans armure, D'atteindre l'inaccessible étoile Telle est ma quête,...
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Lover, you should've come over, Jeff Buckley
Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners Parading in a wake of sad relations As their shoes fill up with water Maybe I'm too young To keep good love from going wrong But tonight, you're on my mind so You never know Broken down...
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Beauty/ Sarah Moon
"Photographe française, née en 1941 d'une famille juive qui doit quitter la France occupée. Elle rejoint l'Angleterre et y étudie le dessin. Elle exerce la profession de mannequin de 1960 à 1966 et se tourne vers la photographie à partir de 1970. Elle...
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Lovesong, Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
He loved her and she loved him. His kisses sucked out her whole past and future or tried to He had no other appetite She bit him she gnawed him she sucked She wanted him complete inside her Safe and sure forever and ever Their little cries fluttered into...
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Beauty: Debussy / Arturo Michelangeli
1890 - 1905 Suite bergamasque Piano 2 mains I. Prélude - II. Menuet - III. Clair de lune - IV. Passepied 1904 Images - Livre I Piano 2 mains I. Reflets dans l'eau 1903 - 05 La Mer Orchestre I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer - II. Jeux de vagues - III. Dialogue...
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The Mom song, Anita Renfroe
"The Mom Song" Get up now Get up now Get up out of bed Wash your face Brush your teeth Comb your sleepyhead Here's your clothes and your shoes Hear the words I said Get up now! Get up and make your bed Are you hot? Are you cold? Are you wearing that?...
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Lavinia, Özdemir Asaf
Lavinia Sana gitme demeyeceğim. Üşüyorsun ceketimi al. Günün en güzel saatleri bunlar. Yanımda kal. Sana gitme demeyeceğim. Gene de sen bilirsin. Yalanlar istiyorsan yalanlar söyleyeyim, İncinirsin. Sana gitme demeyeceğim, Ama gitme, Lavinia. Adını gizleyecegim...
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conversation
(sur le pas de la porte, avec bonhomie.) Comment ça va sur la terre? - Ça va ça va, ça va bien. Les petits chiens sont-ils prospères? - Mon Dieu oui merci bien. Et les nuages? - Ça flotte. Et les volcans? - Ça mijote. Et les fleuves? - Ça s'écoule. Et...
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Complainte amoureuse, Alphonse Allais
Oui dès l'instant que je vous vis, Beauté féroce, vous me plûtes. De l'amour qu'en vos yeux je pris Sur-le-champ vous vous aperçûtes. Ah ! Fallait-il que vous me plussiez, Qu'ingénument je vous le dise, Qu'avec orgueil vous vous tussiez ! Fallait-il que...
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Touched by an Angel, Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient...
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Hamlet, Shakespeare
HAMLET To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to...
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The Road not Taken, Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim,...
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Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
SCENE II. Capulet's orchard. Enter ROMEO ROMEO He jests at scars that never felt a wound. JULIET appears above at a window But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious...