Sentence examples of "la fortune sourit aux audacieux" in French
La fortune de M. Bennet consistait presque entièrement en une terre de deux mille livres sterling de rente, qui, malheureusement pour ses filles, était substituée, au défaut d’héritier mâle, à un parent éloigné.
Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation.
C’est une vérité reconnue, qu’un jeune homme qui a de la fortune doit chercher à se marier.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Le voleur ou l'arnaqueur qui a amassé une grande fortune par ses méfaits a de meilleurs chances que le petit voleur d'échapper aux pénalités rigoureuses de la loi.
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.
Avec la bonne fortune et son propre effort, il remporta le premier prix du concours.
What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.
Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York.
The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.
Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés.
A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
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