Although, the posting population here is hardly representative of the country as a whole... While I’m aware of the phrase of course - it’s simply a quote from Voltaire - I have never used it nor heard it used in speech anywhere in real life. In modern French I suspect you’d be far more likely to use the phrase ‘pour décourager les autres’ anyway...
Last edited by: VxFan on Fri 18 Dec 20 at 11:11
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