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Whatever may be its defects, it unquestionably exemplifies the character of the nation, so faithfully pourtrayed by Beaumarchais, in the following lines of the vaudeville which concludes the Mariage de Figaro: "Si l'on opprime, il peste, il crie, Il s'agite en cent facons, Tout finit par des chansons." bis. Paris, February 17, 1802.
remarking: "Qu-est-ce que ca veut dire?" and when we read the word for him, "m'en vais a Calais, moi, travailler a Calais, tres bon!" with a jump and a shout of laughter pocketing the scrap and beginning the Song of Songs: "apres la guerre finit...." I am not a mil-lion-aire, Sirs."
It is a revelation of the face of foolishness. Laertes reproaches Hamlet. He has by his trifling with Ophelia caused her death. Laertes calls him a poor demented one, exclaims over his lack of moral sense, and winds up by bidding the crazy Prince leave the cemetery. Quand on finit par folie, c'est qu'on a commencé par le cabotinage.
Millaud, who was a Jew, the son, I think or, at all events, a near relation of the famous founder of Le Petit Journal, the advent of which constituted a great landmark in the history of the French Press set himself, during several years of his career, to prove the truth of the axiom that in France "tout finit par des chansons."
That paper could not be found for Lord Stanhope, nor have I succeeded in finding it. The latest Scottish honour done to the King was Burns's 'Birthday Ode' of 1787, and his song for 'The Bonny Lass o' Albany. 'This lovely maid's of royal blood, That ruled Albion's kingdoms three, But oh, alas for her bonnie face! They hae wrang'd the lass of Albanie! Tout finit par des chansons!
We were mistaken. The Tunis business is a robbery aggravated by murder." The "Algerian business" was of a similar character. Qui commence bien finit bien, assumes Admiral Jurien de la Gravière in his chapter entitled "Gallia Victrix."
The sees-tee franc were gone. A wrong had been done. But that was yesterday. To-day and he wandered up and down, joking, laughing, singing "apres la guerre finit." ... In the cour Jean was the target of all female eyes. Handkerchiefs were waved to him; phrases of the most amorous nature greeted his every appearance. To all these demonstrations he by no means turned a deaf ear; on the contrary.
On the subject of gaming a French writer has justly observed: "Quand il serait vrai que la passion du jeu ne finit pas toujours par le crime, toujours est il constant qu'elle finit par l'infortune et le deshonneur." "Granting it to be true, that the love of gaming does not always terminate in crime, yet still it invariably ends in misfortune and dishonour."
I believe all the apprehensions which Me Viri had filled us with, are now dispersed, and not fearing anything from cold, I hope that I shall not be so foolish as to be thinking of the consequences of heat; cela ne finit point.
"En Amerique il y a peu de riches; presque tous les Americains ont donc besoin d'exercer une profession. Or, toute profession exige an apprentissage. Les Americains ne peuvent donc donner a la culture generale de l'intelligence que les premieres annees de la vie: a quinze ans ils entrent dans une carriere: ainsi leur education finit le plus souvent a l'epoque ou la notre commence."
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