Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... enemy . ) Attributed to the CHEVALIER D'ASSAS ( 1738-60 ) by Voltaire ( Siècle de Louis XV , ch . 33 ) but said by Grimm ( Mémoires inédits , vol . I , p . 188 ) to have been uttered by sergeant DUBOIS , belonging to his company , in ...
... enemy . ) Attributed to the CHEVALIER D'ASSAS ( 1738-60 ) by Voltaire ( Siècle de Louis XV , ch . 33 ) but said by Grimm ( Mémoires inédits , vol . I , p . 188 ) to have been uttered by sergeant DUBOIS , belonging to his company , in ...
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... enemy ) . 46 By a FRENCH GENERAL to the Russian General count Milorado- vitch ( 1770-1825 ) , when meeting to propose terms of peace . Cf. " Le Comte de Pitillan , en parlant " de la guerre , souloit dire , Quant " ton ennemy voudra ...
... enemy ) . 46 By a FRENCH GENERAL to the Russian General count Milorado- vitch ( 1770-1825 ) , when meeting to propose terms of peace . Cf. " Le Comte de Pitillan , en parlant " de la guerre , souloit dire , Quant " ton ennemy voudra ...
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... enemy to make him a friend ) . CLEOBULUS ( Al . c . 560 B. C . ) — ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Cleobulus , § 91 ) ... enemies of our friends , and at the same time to make friends of our enemies ) . PYTHAGORAS ( c . 582 - c.500 B.C. ) ...
... enemy to make him a friend ) . CLEOBULUS ( Al . c . 560 B. C . ) — ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Cleobulus , § 91 ) ... enemies of our friends , and at the same time to make friends of our enemies ) . PYTHAGORAS ( c . 582 - c.500 B.C. ) ...
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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS I | 1 |
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