They cry sour grapes when the object of their desires is beyond their grasp.
• Sixth Day, Novel LIII (trans. P. A. Chilton)
• Sixth Day, Novel LIII (trans. P. A. Chilton)
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Ilz font semblant de n'aymer poinct les raisins quand ilz sont si haults, qu'ilz ne les peuvent cueillir.
— Marguerite de Navarre
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ilz font semblant de n'aymer poinct les raisins quand ilz sont si haults, qu'ilz ne les peuvent cueillir." in the context of "They cry sour grapes when the object of their desires is beyond their grasp.
• Sixth Day, Novel LIII (trans. P. A. Chilton)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Marguerite de Navarre" (Quotes, L'Heptaméron (1558))
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About Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance.
About Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alençon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother became King of France, as Francis I, and the two siblings were responsible for the celebrated intellectual and cultural court and salons of their day in France. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance.
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