Tircis, il faut penser à faire la retraite;
La course de nos jours est plus qu’à demi faite;
L’âge insensiblement nous conduit à la mort; ...
Il est temps de jouir des délices du port." - Meaning and context.">
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Tircis, it's time to think of retiring:
Over half our journey is done.
Old age insensibly leads us toward death. ...
It's time to enjoy the delights of the port.
• Stances à Tircis sur la Retraite (Tr. Friedman, ll. 1–3)
• Cp. Horace, Epodes, 2, Beatus ille, and Ben Jonson, "To Sir Robert Wroth"
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Tircis, il faut penser à faire la retraite;
La course de nos jours est plus qu’à demi faite;
L’âge insensiblement nous conduit à la mort; ...
Il est temps de jouir des délices du port.

— Honorat de Bueil de Racan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Tircis, il faut penser à faire la retraite;
La course de nos jours est plus qu’à demi faite;
L’âge insensiblement nous conduit à la mort; ...
Il est temps de jouir des délices du port." in the context of "Tircis, it's time to think of retiring:
Over half our journey is done.
Old age insensibly leads us toward death. ...
It's time to enjoy the delights of the port.
• Stances à Tircis sur la Retraite (Tr. Friedman, ll. 1–3)
• Cp. Horace, Epodes, 2, Beatus ille, and Ben Jonson, "To Sir Robert Wroth"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Honorat de Bueil de Racan" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 19, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Honorat de Bueil de Racan

About Honorat de Bueil de Racan

Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (sometimes mistakenly listed as "marquis de Racan", although he never held this title; 5 February 1589 – 21 January 1670) was a French aristocrat, soldier, poet, dramatist and (original) member of the Académie française.