Frases de François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis

François-Joachim de Pierre ou cardeal de Bernin foi um religioso e político francês.

Interferiu na supressão da Companhia de Jesus em 1773 e se opôs com firmeza à constituição civil do clero imposta depois da revolução francesa. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. Maio 1715 – 3. Novembro 1794
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François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis: Frases em inglês

“Unhappy he who fears the deep
Recesses of his soul to scan!
The heart that from itself would hide
Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.”

Malheureux qui craint de rentrer
Dans la retraite de son âme!
Le coeur qui cherche a s'ignorer
Redoute un censeur qui le blâme.
Les Quatre saisons, ou les Géorgiques françoises, poëme (1763), Chant IV.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 154.

“Naturalness is the seal of genius.”

Réflexions sur les passions et sur les goûts (1741).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 131.

“To-day we only smile, we laugh no more,
And e'en our very pleasures seem to bore.”

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 reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 170.

“The hallowed love of country.”

Epítre sur les Mœurs.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 87.