Émile Augier

thumb|right Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (17 September 1820 – 25 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857. Quotes L’Aventurière (1848) L’amour chez les vieillards a d'étranges racines,Et trouve, comme un lierre aux fentes des ruines,Dans ces cœurs ravagés par le temps et les maux,Cent brèches où pousser ses tenaces rameaux. Act I., Scene V. (translation by Fabrice). From strangest roots love in old men doth grow;Like ivy on a ruin it doth show,And in these hearts laid waste by grief and time,By myriad clefts its clinging branches climb. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 86. La vérité sort mieux d’un tonneau que d'un puits. Act II, Scene IV. — (translation by Annibal). Truth in a hogshead hides, not in a well. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 119. La patrie est aux lieux où l’on a des amis. Act III., Scene III. — (translation by Monte-Prade). Where we have friends, there is our fatherland. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 112. External links Category:1889 deaths Category:Playwrights from France Category:1820 births