Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... never settles a ques- tion . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech in the House of ... never have I stooped to friendship with Jonathan Wild , or with any of his detestable thief - takers ; and , though an ...
... never settles a ques- tion . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech in the House of ... never have I stooped to friendship with Jonathan Wild , or with any of his detestable thief - takers ; and , though an ...
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... never drown ! See Queens of England are never drowned . " " I never knew a man of merit neglected ; it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709-84 ) -Preceded by : " All the complaints which ...
... never drown ! See Queens of England are never drowned . " " I never knew a man of merit neglected ; it was generally by his own fault that he failed of success . DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON ( 1709-84 ) -Preceded by : " All the complaints which ...
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... Never has my mind wandered from Him . ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . , ch . 44. ) QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -Reply , on her death - bed , to the Archbishop of Canterbury's exhorta- tion to turn her thoughts to God . Never heed ! the ...
... Never has my mind wandered from Him . ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . , ch . 44. ) QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -Reply , on her death - bed , to the Archbishop of Canterbury's exhorta- tion to turn her thoughts to God . Never heed ! the ...
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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