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Dora Knowlton Ranous translation
Ambiguity has no place, nor has compromise But if this is our supreme farewell, do not tell me so! Chain so light yesterday, so heavy to-day Every man is his own master in his choice of liaisons If I do not give all I give nothing Indulgence of which they stand in need themselves Ostensibly you sit at the feast without paying the cost Paris has become like a little country town in its gossip The night brings counsel You are in a conquered country, which is still more dangerous