Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... CARDINAL MAZARIN ( 1602-61 ) of Fabert ( 1599-1662 ) when doubts were cast upon the latter's fidelity . Ah ! sire , la pluie de Marly ne mouille pas . ( Ah ! sire , the rain at Marly does not wet anyone . ) Said by the CARDINAL DE ...
... CARDINAL MAZARIN ( 1602-61 ) of Fabert ( 1599-1662 ) when doubts were cast upon the latter's fidelity . Ah ! sire , la pluie de Marly ne mouille pas . ( Ah ! sire , the rain at Marly does not wet anyone . ) Said by the CARDINAL DE ...
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... cardinal , s'ils cantent la canson . nette , ils pagaront . ' ( . SO much the better , resumed the cardinal , if they sing songs , they will pay . ) Note - The spelling indicates the cardinal's Italian accent . Voltaire's version is ...
... cardinal , s'ils cantent la canson . nette , ils pagaront . ' ( . SO much the better , resumed the cardinal , if they sing songs , they will pay . ) Note - The spelling indicates the cardinal's Italian accent . Voltaire's version is ...
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... CARDINAL D'ESTE ( 1479-1520 ) , referring to Ariosto's Orlando Furioso . Cf .: Se non è vero è molto ben trovato . ( If it isn't true , it is marvellously well dis- covered . ) - Bruno , Gli Eroici Furori , pt . ii , dialogue 3 . 66 Cf ...
... CARDINAL D'ESTE ( 1479-1520 ) , referring to Ariosto's Orlando Furioso . Cf .: Se non è vero è molto ben trovato . ( If it isn't true , it is marvellously well dis- covered . ) - Bruno , Gli Eroici Furori , pt . ii , dialogue 3 . 66 Cf ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 30 |
FRENCH SAYINGS | 82 |
GERMAN 99 | 190 |
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord Louis XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur Monsieur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on qu'un Queen quoted referring Reichstag reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM ἂν γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς