Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

French translation:

Oublier comment creuser la terre et comment l'entretenir, c'est nous oublier nous-mêmes

Added to glossary by Myriam Dupouy
Mar 31, 2009 18:33
15 yrs ago
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English term

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

English to French Art/Literary Poetry & Literature quote
quote from Mohandas K. Gandhi, political/spiritual leader (1869-1948)
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Mar 31, 2009 18:37: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Advertising / Public Relations" to "Poetry & Literature"

Apr 1, 2009 07:35: Myriam Dupouy changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/30403">Nicole Dargere's</a> old entry - "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. "" to ""Oublier comme creuser la terre et comment l'entretenir, c'est nous oublier nous-mêmes""

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Oublier comme creuser la terre et comment l'entretenir, c'est nous oublier nous-mêmes

http://fr.shvoong.com/books/1808657-les-pensées-gandhi/

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-03-31 18:54:17 GMT)
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-31 20:02:02 GMT)
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(google search, not me)

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-04-01 07:36:11 GMT) Post-grading
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Merci Nicole !
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Parfait. Merci"
5 hrs

Oubliez comment creuser et travailler la terre et c'est vous-même que vous oubliez

Cela depend un peu du style du texte, mais je trouve ça plus poétique
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