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French pessimism


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Liberté, égalité, anxiété : pourquoi les Français sont-ils pessimistes ?

Les Français, ces bons vivants, seraient-ils aussi d’incorrigibles grincheux ? Derrière leurs incessantes diatribes se trame un mal, dont les racines ont à voir avec l’identité et la culture du pays.
 France



Reportage + Société

Liberté, égalité, anxiété: why are the French so pessimistic?

How can the French be renowned bons vivants but also such incorrigible grouches?
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Citation

"Il vaut mieux hasarder de sauver un coupable que de condamner un innocentIt is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. Voltaire - Zadig (1747)"

Voltaire. Translation

Idiomes

Coup d'oeil A throw of the eye - (ie. a quick glimpse/glance)
Translation

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