How restful it is to bow down before the mysteries without seeking to penetrate them, full of the tranquil conviction that, in accepting them, one possesses both the certain and the final!

Quel repos, lorsqu’on s’incline devant les mystères, sans chercher à les pénétrer, avec la conviction tranquille qu’en les acceptant, on possède enfin le certain et le définitif !

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The Three Cities - Rome

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On the other hand, imprisonment at least seemed to have had a restful effect on him; he had emerged from his long confinement, calmer and keener-witted, with the intention of spoiling his life no longer.

La prison semblait même avoir été pour lui un bon repos, il en était sorti plus calme, affiné, résolu à ne pas gâcher sa vie davantage.

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Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

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Scattered about the boat, in dreamy and reposeful attitudes, lay five fellows, the man who was steering having a particularly restful appearance.

Dans le canot, se tenaient cinq bonshommes qui arboraient des airs rêveurs et nonchalants, en particulier l’homme de barre, franchement béat.

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Always showing a calm and restful face, as though no tempest had ever assailed his heart, he clung tightly to his mechanical life, like a discreet maniac, who, though people might not know it, ought, perhaps, to have been placed under restraint.

Et la face calme, reposée, comme si aucune tempête n’avait encore battu son cœur, il continuait étroitement sa vie machinale, en maniaque discret, fou à lier peut-être, sans qu’on le sût.

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Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite

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Fruitfulness

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He recollected, however, that in the morning, while saying mass, he had been quite calm and restful.

Il se souvenait pourtant que, le matin, en disant sa messe, il était très calme, très reposé.

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There is something so beautifully calm and restful about his method.

Il y a tant de calme et de dignité dans sa façon.

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