shrink from change

French translation: On rechigne devant tout changement

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English term or phrase:shrink from change
French translation:On rechigne devant tout changement
Entered by: kerbager

21:35 Mar 16, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: shrink from change
We shrink from change; yet is there anything that can come into being without it?

Marcus Aurelius
kerbager
Canada
Local time: 18:43
On rechigne devant tout changement
Explanation:
Another possibility

... et pourtant, quelque chose peut-il naître sans lui ?
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Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 00:43
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1se dérober devant le changement
Fishwife
4 +1on résiste au changement
NancyLynn
4 +1Est-il possible que l'homme redoute le changement ? Et quelle chose peut donc se faire au monde sans
Gat
4 +1On rechigne devant tout changement
Diane de Cicco


  

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se dérober devant le changement


Explanation:
What's the original Latin?

Fishwife
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on résiste au changement


Explanation:
on en a peur

NancyLynn
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Est-il possible que l'homme redoute le changement ? Et quelle chose peut donc se faire au monde sans


Explanation:
"Est-il possible que l'homme redoute le changement ? Et quelle chose peut donc se faire au monde sans qu'un changement n'ait lieu ?"
Cf for instance http://www.mediterranees.net/Empereurs/marc_aurele/chap7.htm...
Good luck !
Et pour le plaisir : "Raisin vert, Raisin mûr, Raisin sec, tout est changement, non pour ne plus être, mais pour devenir ce qui n'est pas encore."


    Reference: http://www.mediterranees.net/Empereurs/marc_aurele/chap7.htm...
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On rechigne devant tout changement


Explanation:
Another possibility

... et pourtant, quelque chose peut-il naître sans lui ?

Diane de Cicco
France
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