Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Jamais . " ( Italy shall not take possession of Rome ! Never . ) Often alluded to as the " jamais de Rouher " . ( Rouher's ' never . ' ) J'aurais voulu l'en guerir ; mais elle craignait trop Dieu . ( I should have liked to cure her of ...
... Jamais . " ( Italy shall not take possession of Rome ! Never . ) Often alluded to as the " jamais de Rouher " . ( Rouher's ' never . ' ) J'aurais voulu l'en guerir ; mais elle craignait trop Dieu . ( I should have liked to cure her of ...
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... jamais . " ( Impossible is a word that I never utter ) . Collin d'Harle- ville , Malice pour malice , act I , sc . 8. " En effet , j'aurais [ Fouché ] " dû me rappeler que Votre Majesté " [ Napoleon ] nous a appris que le 66 " " mot ...
... jamais . " ( Impossible is a word that I never utter ) . Collin d'Harle- ville , Malice pour malice , act I , sc . 8. " En effet , j'aurais [ Fouché ] " dû me rappeler que Votre Majesté " [ Napoleon ] nous a appris que le 66 " " mot ...
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... jamais ! ( Never con- fess ! ) The assassin AVINAIN ( otherwise Davinain ) , an ex - butcher , executed at Paris , Nov. 29th , 1867 , when on the scaffold , said to the public , " Messieurs , n'avouez jamais ! " ( Gentlemen , never ...
... jamais ! ( Never con- fess ! ) The assassin AVINAIN ( otherwise Davinain ) , an ex - butcher , executed at Paris , Nov. 29th , 1867 , when on the scaffold , said to the public , " Messieurs , n'avouez jamais ! " ( Gentlemen , never ...
Contents
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