Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... on the scaffold . Nobody , nobody but Jesus Christ ; Christ crucified is the stay of my poor soul . ANDREW BURN ... qu'on trahisse , et qu'on mente , et qu'on - Montaigne , Essais , bk . 3 , ch . 1. ( The public weal re- quires that a ...
... on the scaffold . Nobody , nobody but Jesus Christ ; Christ crucified is the stay of my poor soul . ANDREW BURN ... qu'on trahisse , et qu'on mente , et qu'on - Montaigne , Essais , bk . 3 , ch . 1. ( The public weal re- quires that a ...
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... with two lines of a man's handwriting , an accusation could be made against the most innocent . ) Another version 66 is ' Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme , j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre ...
... with two lines of a man's handwriting , an accusation could be made against the most innocent . ) Another version 66 is ' Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme , j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre ...
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... que l'on se fit attendre . " ( He could not bear to be kept waiting for anyone . ) J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . ( I have made ten dis- contented and one ungrateful . ) Saying of LOUIS XIV ( 1638- 1715 ) , when he appointed ...
... que l'on se fit attendre . " ( He could not bear to be kept waiting for anyone . ) J'ai fait dix mécontents et un ingrat . ( I have made ten dis- contented and one ungrateful . ) Saying of LOUIS XIV ( 1638- 1715 ) , when he appointed ...
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