Usage examples of "avant toute chose" in French with translation to English

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Un homme libre pense à la mort moins qu'à toute chose; et sa sagesse est une méditation non sur la mort, mais sur la vie. A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.
À toute chose malheur est bon. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Elle a sa façon de faire pour toute chose. She has her own way in everything.
En toute chose, il faut considérer la fin. In everything, one should consider the end.
L'homme est la mesure de toute chose : de celles qui sont, du fait qu'elles sont ; de celles qui ne sont pas, du fait qu'elles ne sont pas. Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not.
Il a tendance à considérer toute chose sous un angle pratique et n'est ni avare ni prodigue. He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.
Toute chose rare est chère, or un cheval bon marché est rare, donc un cheval bon marché est cher. Every rare thing is expensive, besides a cheap horse is rare, therefore a cheap horse is expensive.
Comme dans toute chose, il y a quelque chose de beau dans le péché. As in everything else, there's something beautiful about sin.
Modération en toute chose. Moderation in all things.
N'abandonnez jamais avant la toute fin. Never give up till the very end.
Le fait que je sois nu-pieds le dérangeait apparemment plus que toute autre chose. Apparently my bare feet bothered him more than anything else.
C'est leur préoccupation de la propriété, plus que toute autre chose, qui empêche les hommes de vivre librement et noblement. It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.
La pauvreté contribue, plus que toute autre chose au monde, à faire ressortir le pire des gens et à dissimuler le meilleur. Poverty does more to bring out the worst in people and conceal the best than anything else in the world.
Il adore l'argent à l'exclusion (au détriment) de toute autre chose. He worships money to exclusion of everything else.
À propos de la Xbox 360 la toute première chose qu'il ait dite a été "bon matériel". On the Xbox 360 the very first thing he said was "good hardware."
Empêcher la maladie de se répandre à toute vitesse n'a pas été une chose facile. To prevent the disease from spreading quickly was not an easy task.
Il raccrocha avant que j'ai pu dire quelque chose. He hung up before I could say anything.
Il planifie toujours une chose minutieusement avant de la faire. He always plans a thing out carefully before he does it.
Selon toute probabilité, nous arriverons avant eux. In all probability, we shall arrive before them.
La seule chose qui compte vraiment est si oui ou non vous êtes heureux. The only thing that really matters is whether or not you are happy.
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