Daily Archives: 8 August 2011

Not to be confused with Pierre-Joseph Prudhon: ‘La propriété, c’est le vol !’: ‘Property is theft’. Sully-Prudhomme wrote, among other poems, ‘Les Yeux’. To save my fingers and your patience, I shall give you this poem one verse (of five) … Continue reading →

I was felled for most of last week with a vile cold, otherwise known as ‘une crève’. As the word ‘crever’ means ‘to die’ I can only assume that this is an attempt at humour on the part of the … Continue reading →