Note the translation of Hautes Études. In related news, the school in question is moving to Aubervilliers, which may make it a tall order for some of its students to get there.
Oh, I'd missed the Nicholas! Thanks. Virtù is Italian, and is Machiavelli's word for the qualities of manliness necessary in a leader (from the Latin "vir," the root of virility).
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4 comments:
also Nicholas for Nicolas. And what is virtù ??
Oh, I'd missed the Nicholas! Thanks. Virtù is Italian, and is Machiavelli's word for the qualities of manliness necessary in a leader (from the Latin "vir," the root of virility).
Too bad they didn't get "School of High Studies" out of babelfish.
Were they subconsciously taking a pot-shot at Sarkozy's height?
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