Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... tout le monde . ( There is someone who has more wit than Vol- taire , and that is everybody . ) Words used by TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) in defending the liberty of the Press against la censure ( censorship ) , July 24 , 1821. " Il y a ...
... tout le monde . ( There is someone who has more wit than Vol- taire , and that is everybody . ) Words used by TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) in defending the liberty of the Press against la censure ( censorship ) , July 24 , 1821. " Il y a ...
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... Tout à l'huile ! tout à l'huile ! ( Oil with all of it ! oil with all of it ! ) Order given by FONTENELLE ( 1657-1757 ) to the cook as to some asparagus . The ABBÉ TErrasson ( 1670-1750 ) , who only liked butter with it , had a fit ...
... Tout à l'huile ! tout à l'huile ! ( Oil with all of it ! oil with all of it ! ) Order given by FONTENELLE ( 1657-1757 ) to the cook as to some asparagus . The ABBÉ TErrasson ( 1670-1750 ) , who only liked butter with it , had a fit ...
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... Tout est perdu ! ' Napoleon added quickly , Excepté l'honneur . " Cf. 66 " Charles Quint portait envie 66 66 A ce roi plein de valeur , ' Qui s'écriait a Pavie " Tout est perdu fors l'honneur . ' ( " That mighty monarch Charles of Spain ...
... Tout est perdu ! ' Napoleon added quickly , Excepté l'honneur . " Cf. 66 " Charles Quint portait envie 66 66 A ce roi plein de valeur , ' Qui s'écriait a Pavie " Tout est perdu fors l'honneur . ' ( " That mighty monarch Charles of Spain ...
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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