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André Thérive
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André Thérive (19 June 1891 – 4 June 1967, pen name of Roger Puthoste), was a French author, journalist, literary critic and purist defender of the French language.
Quotes
« ... selon le mot de Talleyrand, la trahison est une question de dates ... »
"according to the word of Talleyrand, treason is a matter of dates."
(Source:) Thérive André Essai sur les Trahisons, chapter III. La haute trahison (high treason) Calmann-Lévy Paris 1951 https://books.google.de/books?hl=de&id=2fc5AQAAIAAJ&dq=talleyrand 68
« En politique, a dit Anatole France, il n'y a pas de traîtres; il n'y a que des perdants. »
"In politics, as Anatole France said, there are no traitors; there are only losers."
(Source:) Essai sur les trahisons, Calmann-Lévy, 1951, chapter XI De la trahison intérieur (About interior betrayal), p.204.
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