Joachim du Bellay quotes

Joachim du Bellay quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!”
-- Joachim du Bellay

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“France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)”
-- Joachim du Bellay

Source : Les Regrets Sonnet 9 (1558)

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“Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.”
-- Joachim du Bellay

Source : Les Regrets Sonnet 31 (1558)

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“In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.”
-- Joachim du Bellay

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“Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone. Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away; And rivers, which are still in motion, stay.”
-- Joachim du Bellay

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