François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis

thumb|right|200px|Cardinal de Bernis François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (22 May 1715 – 3 November 1794) was a French cardinal and statesman. He was the sixth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1744. Quotes Le naturel est le sceau du génie. Réflexions sur les passions et sur les goûts (1741). Translation: Naturalness is the seal of genius. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 131. On ne rit plus, on sourit aujourd'hui,Et nos plaisirs sont voisins a l'eunui. Réflexions sur les passions et sur les goûts (1741). Translation: To-day we only smile, we laugh no more,And e'en our very pleasures seem to bore. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 170. Malheureux qui craint de rentrerDans la retraite de son âme!Le coeur qui cherche a s'ignorerRedoute un censeur qui le blâme. Les Quatre saisons, ou les Géorgiques françoises, poëme (1763), Chant IV. Translation: Unhappy he who fears the deepRecesses of his soul to scan!The heart that from itself would hideFears an unfriendly critic's ban. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 154. L'amour sacré de la patrie. Epítre sur les Mœurs. Translation: The hallowed love of country. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 87. Quel triste élève de la GrèPourrait, en voyant sa beauté,Préférer les lis de Lucrèce,Et les paleurs de la sagesse,Aux roses de la volupté? Le Matin. Translation: What gloomy student of old Greece,As on her charms his gaze reposes,Would choose the lilies of Lucrece,Or virtue's garland colourless,In place of passion's roses? Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 192. Monseigneur, j'attendrai Translation: Monseigneur, I will wait Translation reported in Art III. Clément XIV et les Jésuits The Quarterly Review 83 86-87 https://books.google.com/books?id=qbwxAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA86&ots=dcEImWZgU2&dq=bernis%20j'attendrai&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q=bernis%20j'attendrai&f=false External links Category:1715 births Category:1794 deaths Category:Academics from France Category:Catholics from France Category:Roman Catholic bishops Category:Cardinals Category:Diplomats of France