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Glen
June 27, 2013, 05:54 PM
Another quotation from Poirot, on the occasion of his willingly paying off a bet he'd lost:

"I am as magnanimous in defeat as I am modest in victory."

How about Soy tan magnánimo en la derrota como modesto en la victoria?

Sound okay?

AngelicaDeAlquezar
June 27, 2013, 06:46 PM
It does for me. :)

chileno
June 27, 2013, 06:52 PM
Excellent!

JPablo
June 27, 2013, 09:19 PM
Muy bien, Glen... :thumbsup:
Sólo me acuerdo de Poirot de cuando leí, de niño, "Muerte en las nubes"... (Death in the Air/Death in the Clouds)... La tengo por ahí en inglés... para volverla a leer (esta vez en versión original... "no doblada") ;) :D

(Buen tipo, Monsieur Hercules Poirot...) :)

chileno
June 28, 2013, 08:30 AM
Makes me think of Ustinov.... :)