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Legion d’Honnour


Reportage + Société

Portrait of a hero: the story of French war prisoner Jacques Chantre

From corn fields to concentration camps, Jacques Chantre’s nightmare began at the age of 23.
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"De nos jours, la plupart des gens meurent d'une espèce de bon sens rampant et découvrent trop tard qu'il n'y a que les erreurs qu'on ne regrette jamais. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, & discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

Oscar Wilde. Translation

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Il a une descente que je n'aimerais pas remonter en vélo He's got a slope that I wouldn't like to climb up on a bike - (it's used to talk about someone who can drink large amounts of alcohol very quickly)
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