All the countries of our globe have been discovered, all the seas have been furrowed: nothing remains to traverse but the heavens. |
—Aphorism No. 876 |
Baron Taylor |
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness
Collected and Translated by J. De Finod
This small anthology captures the full breadth of the French aphoristic tradition.
Contents
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & Co., 1886
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011
I. | Nos. 1–399 | |
II. | Nos. 400–799 | |
III. | Nos. 800–1199 | |
IV. | Nos. 1200–1691 |