Friday, June 17, 2016
Benefactors
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814), Paul and Virginia (tr. Helen Maria Williams):
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You tell me that you will render yourself useful to mankind; he who makes the earth produce an additional sheaf of wheat renders them far greater service than he who presents them with a book.
Vous servirez les hommes, dites-vous? Mais celui qui fait produire à un terrain une gerbe de blé de plus, leur rend un plus grand service que celui qui leur donne un livre.
