Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... n'est pas nécessaire de con- naître quelqu'un pour lui ôter son chapeau . ( It is not neces- sary to know anyone to take off your hat to him . ) MARSHAL CATINAT ( 1637-1712 ) -to a young man who came to ask his pardon for having treated ...
... n'est pas nécessaire de con- naître quelqu'un pour lui ôter son chapeau . ( It is not neces- sary to know anyone to take off your hat to him . ) MARSHAL CATINAT ( 1637-1712 ) -to a young man who came to ask his pardon for having treated ...
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... n'est pas possible m'écrivez- vous cela n'est pas français . not possible , you write : that is not French ) . Napoleon's letter to Lémarois , July 9 , 1813. Cf. Im- possibilium nulla obligatio . ( There can be no obligation to perform ...
... n'est pas possible m'écrivez- vous cela n'est pas français . not possible , you write : that is not French ) . Napoleon's letter to Lémarois , July 9 , 1813. Cf. Im- possibilium nulla obligatio . ( There can be no obligation to perform ...
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... n'est pas là Dieu , c'est du moins son cousin germain . ( If that is not God , it is at least his cousin german ) .— Carlyle , The French Revolu- tion , 1837 , vol . 2 . Last words of MIRABEAU ( 1749- 91 ) -referring to the sun . He ...
... n'est pas là Dieu , c'est du moins son cousin germain . ( If that is not God , it is at least his cousin german ) .— Carlyle , The French Revolu- tion , 1837 , vol . 2 . Last words of MIRABEAU ( 1749- 91 ) -referring to the sun . He ...
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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