Quotes by Delille

4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Le sort fait les parents, le choix fait les amis. Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.— filed under Friendship

Promettre c'est donner, espérer c'est jouir. To promise is to give, to hope is to enjoy.— filed under Promises

Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence. He sees only night, and hears only silence.— filed under Silence

Tremblez, tyrans, vous êtes immortels. Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.— filed under Tyranny