le sablier (sah-blee-yay) n.m.hour-glass, sand-glass; egg timer L'amour tue l'intelligence. Le cerveau fait sablier avec le coeur. L'un ne se remplit que pour vider l'autre. Love kills intelligence. The mind forms an hour-glass with the heart. One fills itself only to empty the other. –Jules Renard …………………………A Day in a French Life… "Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq*…" my daughter gurgles, brushing her teeth and counting … Continue reading sablier