[Ads-l] Every fool is not a poet =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93_?=French translation request

[Tim Stewart]

Sorry, typo in the strict translation:

Where it says:

But having to come to know you,


Please delete the first "to"


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On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Tim Stewart <timoteostewart1977 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Introductory phrase:
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> It is said about the poet Theophilus
> that he was once at the house of a great lord
> where there was a man who was said to be a fool,
> and thus a poet.
> And Theophilus devised this impromptu verse.
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> Here's a rather free translation of the quatrain:
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> Let me tell you:
> All poets are fools.
> But having met you, I have to add:
> Not all fools are poets.
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> Here's a stricter translation of the quatrain:
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> I avow to you
> That all poets are fools;
> But having to come to know you,
> Not all fools are poets.
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> Tim "high school French plus Google" Stewart
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> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:55 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> References such as the "Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" and
>> "The Yale Book of Quotations" list the following poem under Alexander
>> Pope's name:
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>> [Begin excerpt]
>> Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule
>> That every poet is a fool:
>> But you yourself may serve to show it,
>> That every fool is not a poet.
>> ‘"Epigram from the French" (1732)
>> [End excerpt]
>>
>> Here is an earlier instance in French ascribed to "Theophile". Perhaps
>> the referent was Théophile de Viau who died much earlier in 1626.
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>> [ref] 1715, Le Passe-Tems Agreable, ou Noveaux Choix de Bons-Mots, de
>> Pensees Ingenieuses, de Rencontres Plaisantes, Third Edition, Quote
>> Page 267, Jean Hofhout, Rotterdam. (Google Books Full View) link
>> [/ref]
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>> https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q8QsYJ9_oAC&q=%22fous+ne%22#v=snippet&
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>> [Begin excerpt]
>> On rapporte du Poête Theophile,
>> qu étant allé chez un grand Seigneur, il y avoit
>> un homme qu'on disoit fou, & par conséquent
>> Poête, & que Théophile fit cèt inpromptu.
>>
>> J'Avoûera avec vous
>> Que tous les Poëtes sont fous;
>> Mais sachant ce que vous êtes,
>> Tous les fous ne sont pas Poëtes.
>> [End excerpt]
>>
>> If you wish to be helpful please share a translation of the passage
>> above. I am particularly interested in the introductory words. Follow
>> the link to see the original page image. The spelling is odd.
>>
>> Thanks, Garson
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