Usage examples of "avoir compassion" in French with translation to English

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L'affection n'est pas la compassion. Attachment isn't compassion.
Nul doute que tu dois être exténué après avoir travaillé toute la journée. You must be worn out after working all day.
Le Dalaï Lama professe la pratique de la compassion. The Dalai Lama counsels the practice of compassion.
Puis-je avoir un programme ? May I have a program?
Son impuissance éveille sa compassion maternelle. His helplessness appeals to her motherly sympathy.
Il a démenti avoir dit une telle chose. He denied having said such a thing.
La compassion est le fondement de toute moralité. Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Commencer, c'est avoir à moitié fini. [Horace] Well begun is half done.
Je ressens de la compassion pour les gens avec cette maladie. I feel sympathy for people with that disease.
J'aime avoir plein de choses à faire. I like having plenty to do.
De tous les attributs des dieux, celui qui provoque en moi le plus de compassion est leur incapacité au suicide. Out of all the attributes of the gods, the one I find most pitiable is their inability to commit suicide.
Il devrait avoir le droit de décider par lui-même. He should have the right to decide for himself.
Lorsque nos amis de la vie réelle nous abandonnent, les livres sont toujours prêts à offrir amitié, compassion et motivation. When real life friends desert us, books are always ready to offer friendship, sympathy and motivation.
Les menteurs doivent avoir bonne mémoire. Liars must have a good memory.
Il ne peut pas avoir moins de 30 ans. He can't be under thirty.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Il n'a pas pu avoir le poste. He couldn't get the job.
Je pense qu'il est triste de ne pas avoir amis. I think it's sad to have no friends.
Après avoir entendu la triste nouvelle, elle s'effondra en larmes. After hearing the sad news, she broke down in tears.
Pourrais-je avoir une bière supplémentaire, s'il te plait ? Could I get one more beer, please?
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