Hi, Philip,
good guess! The translation was a weak disguise for such a genius.
Indeed the quote has nothing to do with poetry, but with the old
bitter controversy around that past theme I will not dare even to mention.
Severity and seriousness, from now on, will be my only credo.
Santa Susanna (dei Flagellanti)
>From: Philip Nikolayev <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Amnesty Declared for List Members Les folies
>Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:54:19 -0400
>
>At 04:55 PM 7/17/00 GMT, sue Massey wrote:
>
> >(by the way, since I have been accused to elude poetry matters - although
>I
> >feel that poetry is also us - our relationships - can anybody guess
>whose
> >aphorism is this?)
> >
> >"Les folies sont les seules choses que l'on ne regrette jamais!"
>
>Not sure what this has to do with poetry, but that old fart Oscar sounds
>quite himself even in translation. In fact, he should have blathered it all
>in French in the first place.
>
>PN
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