Joachim du Bellay Quotes

• Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!

  Joachim du Bellay

  Life, Knowledge, Men

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• Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.

  Joachim du Bellay

  Journey, Great Journeys, Ulysses

  Les Regrets Sonnet 31 (1558)

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• Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone. Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away; And rivers, which are still in motion, stay.

  Joachim du Bellay

  Rome, Rivers, Gone

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• In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

  Joachim du Bellay

  Night, Play, Opinion

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• France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)

  Joachim du Bellay

  Mother, Art, Regret

  Les Regrets Sonnet 9 (1558)

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