Sentence examples of "by virtue of" in English
Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.
Bernard de Chartres avait l'habitude de dire que nous sommes comme des nains sur les épaules de géants, de telle manière que nous pouvons voir davantage qu'eux, et des choses à plus grande distance, non pas en vertu d'une quelconque acuité visuelle de notre part, ou une quelconque particularité physique, mais parce que nous sommes portés haut et soulevés par leur taille géante.
She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense.
Elle est devenue riche grâce à un travail acharné et à un bon sens des affaires.
O heat, dry up my brains! Tears seven times salt, burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!
Ô chaleur, dessèche mon cerveau! ô larmes sept fois salées, consumez en mes yeux tout don de sentir et d'agir!
It is only the poor who pay cash. That's not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
Il n'y a que les pauvres gens qui payent comptant. Ce n'est pas par vertu; c'est parce qu'on ne leur fait pas crédit.
In this society where everything is disposable, it is a virtue to use something until it wears out.
Dans cette société où tout est jetable, c'est une vertu d'utiliser quelque chose jusqu'à ce qu'elle s'use.
By all accounts, Fr. Mulligan was a paragon of virtue.
Au dire de tous, Fr. Mulligan était un parangon de vertu.
She was in dire straits, but made a virtue out of necessity.
Elle était en mauvaise posture, mais s'en est sortie avec brio.
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