There is no man, either inside or outside this hall, more convinced than I that we could not have avoided it without national dishonour. . . .

Il n'est personne, ni dans cette salle ni hors de cette salle qui, plus que moi, n'ait la conviction que nous ne pouvions l'éviter sans déshonneur national...

Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.

The Psychology of the Great War

Le Bon, Gustave

© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey

I will content myself with saying that it is disgraceful in the extreme to proffer from this tribune menaces which dishonour it.''

Je dirai seulement qu'il est vraiment scandaleux d'apporter à cette tribune des menaces qui la déshonorent.»

Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Son Excellence Eugene Rougon

Zola, Emile

His Excellency

Zola, Emile

Well, then- a decent man does not take the money which brings dishonour on his mother.»

Eh bien! un garçon propre n'accepte pas l'argent qui déshonore sa mère.

Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean

Pierre et Jean

Maupassant, Guy de

Pierre and Jean

Maupassant, Guy de

'You dishonour the committee, monsieur!'

«Monsieur, vous déshonorez le jury.

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

He threatened to turn smuggler like his father, and perpetrate some crime which would dishonour his family.

Il menaça de se faire contrebandier comme son père, et de commettre quelque mauvais coup qui déshonorerait sa famille.

Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon

La Fortune des Rougon

Zola, Emile

The Fortune of the Rougons

Zola, Emile

© 2006 BiblioBazaar

"Dare!" shouted he, in a voice of thunder, "dare to dishonour your oaths!

– Osez! cria-t-il d'une voix de tonnerre, osez enfreindre vos serments!

Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures

Les chausseurs de chevelures

Reid, Mayne

The Scalp Hunters

Reid, Mayne

© 2008 BiblioBazaar

For instance, was it not shameful that art should be dishonoured by all those medals, all those crosses, all those rewards, which were so badly distributed to boot?

Par exemple, n’était-ce pas une honte, ces médailles, ces croix, toutes ces récompenses qui déshonoraient l’art, tant on les distribuait mal?

Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre

L'Oeuvre

Zola, Emile

His Masterpiece

Zola, Emile

His son, he cried, was determined to kill him with distress by dishonouring his grey hairs.

Son fils voulait donc le faire mourir de chagrin, en déshonorant ses cheveux blancs.

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

' I will not allow it that we should be dishonoured.

Je ne nous laisserai pas déshonorer....

Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans

La Conquete des Plassans

Zola, Emile

The Conquest of Plassans

Zola, Emile

And meantime the dishonouring shout of the newspaper hawkers, that cry in which there was both smirch and buffet, seemed like the last knell of the day, ringing the nation's funeral at the outset of the night of pleasure which was beginning.

Et ce cri déshonorant des journaux, ce cri qui souillait et souffletait, semblait être le glas dernier de la journée, sonnant les funérailles de la nation, au début de la nuit de plaisir qui commençait.

Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris

Les Trois Villes - Paris

Zola, Emile

The Three Cities - Paris

Zola, Emile