Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

See also: Florian

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (March 6th 1755 close to Saves - September 13rd 1794 with Sceaux) is a Dramatic author, Romancier, Poète and Fabuliste French.

A noble destiny of writer

Resulting from a family noble and dedicated to the military career, it was born with the castle from Florian, Logrian, close to Nimes in the Gard. His/her mother, soft and beautiful, was of Spanish origin. Great nephew of Voltaire (his/her uncle had married the niece of Voltaire). His/her aunt, allured by the kindness and the early intelligence of her nephew, took it along to Ferney, where it was going to spend the summer.

Florian is used some time as officer as dragons, then is established with Anet, where it becomes page with the service of the duke of Penthièvre, which will move away it from Voltaire and will allow him to express all its talent.

He is elected member of the French Academy in 1788. Suspected for its relations with the Old Mode at the time of the French revolution, it takes refuge with Sceaux. It is stopped in 1794. Given in freedom the July 27th, it dies the September 13rd, at the age of thirty-eight years, of the continuations of its detention.

Worms passed in proverb

The conclusion of the fable of Florian entitled Le grillon is still usually quoted: “To live happy, let us live hidden. ”

In the same way, the saying “Each one its trade, the cows will be well kept” is the conclusion of its fable Le cowherd and the garde-chasse.

But still, we owe him the famous quotation “he laughs longest who laughs last”.

As for the expression “to light the lantern”, it is drawn from the fable Le monkey which shows the lantern magique (“During all these speeches, modern Cicéron spoke eloquently, and did not weary itself. He had forgotten only one point: it was to light its lantern”).

Some works

; Fables
  • the Blind man and Paralytic the
  • the Carp and Carpillon
  • the Fable and the Truth
  • the Crocodile and the Sturgeon
  • the Child and the Mirror
  • the Cricket
  • the Rabbit and the Teal
  • the Philosopher and Cat-hooting it
  • the Monkey, guenon and the nut
  • the Cowherd and the Gamekeeper
  • the Old Tree and the Gardener
  • the nightingale and the prince
  • the two travellers
; Theater
  • the Two Tickets (1779)
  • Twins of Bergamo (1782)
; Various
  • Pastoral
  • Varieties and tales in worms
  • Pleasure of love, song
  • Mémoires of a young person Espagnol

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