Tristan Bernard in the 17th arrondissement, Paris

'TRISTAN BERNARD

1866–1947'

This bust of Tristan Bernard stands in Place Tristan Bernard about half a mile to the west of Ternes métro station. Bernard was a playwright and novelist noted for his aphorisms, hence the expressions round the base of his monument here. He is said to have invented the French board game le jeu des petits chevaux, or Dadas.

'JE NE HAIS

QUE LA HAINE'

'I ONLY

HATE HATRED'

'POUR ÊTRE HEUREUX
AVEC LES ÊTRES
IL NE FAUT PAS
DEMANDER QUE CE
QU'ILS PEUVENT DONNER'

'TO BE HAPPY
WITH OTHERS
YOU MUSTN'T ONLY
ASK THEM WHAT
THEY HAVE TO GIVE'

'NE COMPTER QUE

SUR SOI-MÊME

ET ENCORE

PAS BEAUCOUP'

'ONLY COUNT

ON YOURSELF,

AND NOT TOO

MUCH AT THAT'

Tristan Bernard was buried in the cimetière de Passy in the 16th arrondissement.