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proverb

choisir c'est renoncer

/ʃwa.ziʁ s‿ɛ ʁ(ə).nɔ̃.se/

proverb/ʃwa.ziʁ s‿ɛ ʁ(ə).nɔ̃.se/

to choose is to forsake; one can't have one's cake and eat it too (when you make a choice, you have to give up on something else)

Literally, “to choose is to renounce”.