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“In my own country I am in a far off land.
I am strong but have no power.
I win all yet remain a loser.
At break of day I say goodnight.
When I lie down I have great fear of falling.”
― Francois Villon

“I die of thirst beside the fountain.”
― Francois Villon

“I know flies in milk. I know the man by his clothes. I know fair weather from foul. I know the apple by the tree. I know the tree when I see the sap. I know when all is one. I know who labors and who loafs. I know everything but myself.”
― François Villon

“Yet, if the world were bettered by
My death or story left untold,
I would condemn myself to die
For misdemeanours manifold:
I bring no harm to young or old
Alive or dead, in either case:
A man so needy never rolled
A mountain from its resting place.”
― Francois Villon, Poems of Francois Villon

“Ou sont les neiges d'antan?”
― Francois Villon

“We were two and had but one heart.”
― François Villon

“At break of day I say goodnight.”
― François Villon

“In my own country I am in a far off land.”
― François Villon

“Et Jehanne, la bonne Lorraine,
Qu'Anglais brulerent a Rouen,
Ou sont-elles, Vierge souv'raine,
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?”
― Francois Villon

“Where are the snows of yesteryear?”
― François Villon, Le Testament Villon I: Texte

“In my own country I am in a far off land
I am strong but I have no force or power
I win all yet remain a loser
At break of day I say goodnight
When I lie down I have a great fear
Of falling.”
― François Villon, The Poems of François Villon

“Necessité fait gens méprendre
Et faim saillir le loup du bois.”
― François Villon

“En ce temps que j'ai dit devant,
Sur le Noël, morte saison,
Que les loups se vivent de vent
Et qu'on se tient en sa maison,
Pour le frimas, près du tison,
Me vint un vouloir de briser
La très amoureuse prison
Qui faisoit mon cœur débriser.”
― François Villon, Le Lais

“Hé ! Dieu, se j'eusse étudié
Ou temps de ma jeunesse folle,
Et à bonnes mœurs dedié,
J'eusse maison et couche molle.
Mais quoi ? je fuyoië l'école,
Comme fait le mauvais enfant.
En écrivant cette parole,
À peu que le cœur ne me fend.”
― François Villon, Le grand testament