Translation of "grain de folie" to English

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Dictionary translations for "grain de folie"

le grain de folie m noun

pl. grains de folie

touch of madness

Contexts with "grain de folie"

Il ne sert à rien d'essayer de séparer les chèvres et les moutons alors que tu es dans une crise de folie. It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.

Le seigle était appelé le grain de la pauvreté. Rye was called the grain of poverty.

Il y a plus de fous que de sages, et dans le sage même, il y a plus de folie que de sagesse. There are more fools than wise men, and even in wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

Cette personne a un grain de beauté à coté de l'œil. That person has a mole at the side of his eye.

Je doute qu'on puisse trouver un seul individu dans toute l'humanité qui soit exempt de quelque forme de folie. La seule différence est affaire de gradation. I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.

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