si

Pas si vite !

Not so fast!

C'est si dur.

This is so difficult.

C'est si joli.

It's so pretty.

Tu es si naïf.

You're so naive.

Cela n’aurait pas été une si bonne idée.

That wouldn't have been such a good idea.

Tu sens si bon.

You smell so good.

C'est si triste.

That's so sad.

Tu es si puéril.

You're so childish.

Tu es si parfait.

You're so perfect.

Tu étais si forte.

You were so strong.

Tu es si grossier !

You're so rude!

Mais un législateur qui aurait un tant soit peu de worth, si infime soit elle, quand bien même il n’en irait pas comme l’argument vient de le démontrer, n’aurait-il pas commis en cette occasion, plus qu’en n’importe quelle autre circonstance où il aurait eu l’audace de mentir aux jeunes gens dans l’intérêt du bien, son plus utile mensonge, celui capable de faire que tous, non pas de force mais de leur plein gré, se conduisent de façon entièrement juste ?

But a legislator who would have the slightest bit of valour, however tiny it may be, even if it were not as the argument has just demonstrated, would he not have committed on this occasion, more than in any other circumstance where he would have had the audacity to lie to young people in the interest of the good, his most useful lie, the one capable of making everyone, not by force but of their own accord, behave in an entirely just fashion?