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Death is my trade

Robert Jean Georges Merle

Phraseologism: Death is my trade.

Meaning: Quoted in reference to mercenary soldiers and the like (disapproved, ironic).

Origin: The title of the novel (1953, Russian translation 1963) by the French writer Rover Jean Georges Merle (1908-2004), who made an attempt to explore the psychology of an SS man, commandant of a concentration camp in his novel.

Random phraseology:

Genius is patience.

Meaning:

The main advantage of an extraordinary personality is patience.

Origin:

It is usually indicated that these words belong to the famous French naturalist Buffon (1707-1788), a brilliant stylist, and were said by him in a speech delivered on August 25, 1753, when he was elected a member of the French Academy (Littre, Dictionnaire). However, this expression does not exist in the mentioned speech, just as it does not exist in Buffon's Natural History (44 volumes, 1749-1804), where, however, a similar idea is expressed (Premier discours). In a different edition, this expression is given in the book of the French statesman Herault de Sechelles (1759-1794), chairman of the Convention (1793). He visited Buffon in Montbar. After one conversation with him, he wrote: “Buffon said amazing words to me about genius, one of those words in which a person is fully manifested: “Genius is just a great ability to be patient.” (M.-J. Herault de Sechelles, Voyage a Montbard en 1785, Paris, Ari IX, p. 15, originally: "Visite a Button", 1785, Biichmann, Gefliigelte Worte).

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