[art] The Choicest of Earthly Beings

by embraideryart (embraidery)

Summary:

An illustration of the quote by Le Bret.

Notes:

• For InfiniteCrabs.

hi my name is embraidery and i'm back on my cyrano de bergerac bullshit!

the original french is

CUIGY: N'est-ce pas que cet homme est des moins ordinaires ?

LE BRET (avec tendresse): Ah, c'est le plus exquis des êtres sublunaires !

and gladys thomas and mary f. guillemard translated it to

CUIGY: Is it not true that he is the strangest of men?

LE BRET (tenderly): True, that he is the choicest of earthly beings!

a. s. kline went with

CUIGY: Isn’t it true he sings to a different tune?

LE BRET (tenderly): Ah! He’s the choicest being under the moon!

charles renauld went with

CUIGY: Am I not right in stating that he is no ordinary man?

LE BRET (moved): He is the most exquisite of creatures sublunary.

and christopher fry

CUIGY: Isn’t he the most unusual man?

LE BRET: He’s the most remarkable being under the moon!