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Ah! as you say, we should slip over many thoughts and act as though we did not perceive them.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

Ah! comme vous dites, il faut glisser sur bien des pensées, et ne faire pas semblant de les voir.

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Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un. There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.

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