Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... asked whether he would instruct his daughters in foreign languages . Only three Crowns . SIR ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676- 1745 ) to Queen Caroline , who had asked what would be the cost of inclosing St. James's Park , and making of it a ...
... asked whether he would instruct his daughters in foreign languages . Only three Crowns . SIR ROBERT WALPOLE ( 1676- 1745 ) to Queen Caroline , who had asked what would be the cost of inclosing St. James's Park , and making of it a ...
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... asked the reason why he did so ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk . III , xix ) attributes this saying to Æsop , who , when a busybody in the market place asked him what he was doing with a lighted ...
... asked the reason why he did so ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk . III , xix ) attributes this saying to Æsop , who , when a busybody in the market place asked him what he was doing with a lighted ...
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... asked the number of their enemies , but only asked where they were . ) - Voltaire . Οὐδεὶς γὰρ δι ̓ ἐμὲ τῶν ὄντων Αθηναίων μέλαν ἱμάτιον περιεβάλετο . ( For no Athenianever wore mourning through my means ) . PERICLES ( 494-429 B.C ...
... asked the number of their enemies , but only asked where they were . ) - Voltaire . Οὐδεὶς γὰρ δι ̓ ἐμὲ τῶν ὄντων Αθηναίων μέλαν ἱμάτιον περιεβάλετο . ( For no Athenianever wore mourning through my means ) . PERICLES ( 494-429 B.C ...
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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