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Charles-Pierre Colardeau
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Charles-Pierre Colardeau (12 October 1732 – 7 April 1776) was a French poet.
Quotes
Du choc des sentiments et des opinions La vérité jaillit et s'échappe en rayons.
From the clash of feelings and opinions Truth bursts forth and escapes in rays of light.
Seconde Nuit d'Young, traduite en vers françois (Amsterdam, 1771), p. 18; Oeuvres (Paris, 1779), vol. 2, p. 148. Free translation of Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742)
Johannes Kneppelhout, Studentenschetsen, vol. 2, ed. M. Lenders, A. Kets, O. Praamstra (The Hague, 2002), p. 534, n. 777: du choc des opinions jaillit la vérité
Nicolaas Beets, Winterloof. Late Gedichten, 1884–1887 (Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1887), p. 35: Du choc des opinions naquit la vérité (title of poem)
Le Peintre n'avoit point, sous un voile jaloux, De la belle Pandore enseveli les charmes: L'innocence étoit nue et l'étoit sans alarmes. Elle s'enveloppoit de sa seule pudeur.
Not ever had the painter's jealous veil Shrouded the fair Pandora's charms: Innocence was naked and without alarm. She wrapped herself in modesty alone.
Les Hommes de Prométhée (1774), p. 16
External links
Category:Poets from France
Category:Playwrights from France
Category:1732 births
Category:1776 deaths