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... the sinews of civil war . ) -Tacitus , Hist . , bk . ii , ch . xxiv . “ Ἐν μὲν εἰρήνῃ παρέχῳ τὰ τέρπνα , ἐν δὲ πολέμοις νεύρα τῶν πράξεων 66 66 " " 66 66 66 now " " vivouai . " ( " In peace I provide enjoyment FRENCH SAYINGS.
... the sinews of civil war . ) -Tacitus , Hist . , bk . ii , ch . xxiv . “ Ἐν μὲν εἰρήνῃ παρέχῳ τὰ τέρπνα , ἐν δὲ πολέμοις νεύρα τῶν πράξεων 66 66 " " 66 66 66 now " " vivouai . " ( " In peace I provide enjoyment FRENCH SAYINGS.
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... δὲ ταχέως τὰ δόξαντα , zum man ( Take counsel deliberately , but carry your plan out expeditiously ) . Isocrates . Ad Demonicum , 34 . Es gehört deutschen Bedürfnis , beim Biere von der Regierung schlecht zu reden . ( It is a necessity ...
... δὲ ταχέως τὰ δόξαντα , zum man ( Take counsel deliberately , but carry your plan out expeditiously ) . Isocrates . Ad Demonicum , 34 . Es gehört deutschen Bedürfnis , beim Biere von der Regierung schlecht zu reden . ( It is a necessity ...
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... δὲ ἓν , ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν , ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν . ( The reason of our having two ears but only one mouth is that we may hear the more and speak the less ) . ZENO ( d . c . 260 B.C . ) - ( Diogenes , Laertius , Lives : Zeno , § 23 ) ...
... δὲ ἓν , ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν , ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν . ( The reason of our having two ears but only one mouth is that we may hear the more and speak the less ) . ZENO ( d . c . 260 B.C . ) - ( Diogenes , Laertius , Lives : Zeno , § 23 ) ...
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... δὲ μηδὲν , οὐδ ̓ οἱ πάντες ἀνδρι άντες . ( If I have done any good work , that will keep my memory green ; but , if not , all the statues in the world will not do it ) . AGESILAUS ( 438-360 B. C . ) —- on his death - bed , desiring that ...
... δὲ μηδὲν , οὐδ ̓ οἱ πάντες ἀνδρι άντες . ( If I have done any good work , that will keep my memory green ; but , if not , all the statues in the world will not do it ) . AGESILAUS ( 438-360 B. C . ) —- on his death - bed , desiring that ...
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... δὲ αὐτὸν πρὸς πόσας ἀντιστήσεις ; ( And for how many then do you reckon me ? ) . ANTIGONUS ( d . 242 B.C . ) - as he was about to begin a sea - fight off Andros , someone having said that the enemy's fleet was the more numerous ...
... δὲ αὐτὸν πρὸς πόσας ἀντιστήσεις ; ( And for how many then do you reckon me ? ) . ANTIGONUS ( d . 242 B.C . ) - as he was about to begin a sea - fight off Andros , someone having said that the enemy's fleet was the more numerous ...
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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 mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς