Famous Verses
Florian wrote a collection of fables. From these fables several expressions have passed into colloquial French:
- Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés: "In order to live happily, live hidden"
- Chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées: "To each his occupation, and the cows will be well guarded."
- Rira bien qui rira le dernier: "He who laughs last laughs best."
The expression éclairer la lanterne ("light the lantern") is also drawn from Florian's fables.
Read more about this topic: Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian
Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or verses:
“Nelson’s famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: “England expects that every man will be a hero.” It said: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” In 1805 that was enough. It should still be.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)