Thursday, November 21, 2019

 

The Last Two Men on Earth

Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696), Characters VI.47 (tr. Henri van Laun):
Suppose there were but two men on this habitable globe, the sole possessors of it, who should divide it between them, even then I am convinced that soon some cause of disagreement would spring up, though it were only about boundaries.

Je suppose qu'il n'y ait que deux hommes sur la terre, qui la possèdent seuls, et qui la partagent toute entre eux deux: je suis persuadé qu'il leur naîtra bientôt quelque sujet de rupture, quand ce ne serait que pour les limites.



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