DAY 243 | Like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief

“Now does he feel

His secret murders sticking on his hands.

Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach.

Those he commands move only in command,

Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title

Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe

Upon a dwarfish thief.”

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"C’est maintenant qu’il sent
Ses meurtres secrets se coller à ses mains.
À chaque instant des révoltes lui jettent à la face sa foi brisée.
Ceux qu’il commande obéissent seulement au commandement,
Nullement à l’affection. Il sent maintenant sa grandeur
S’affaisser autour de lui, comme une robe de géant
Sur un voleur nain."

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth. Traduction française de François-Victor Hugo (1866)

On this day 90 years ago, Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany.

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