Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... καὶ μάλιστα ἐν ovμжooi . ( Rule your tongue , especially at a feast ) . CHILO ( d . B.C. 597 ) - ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Chilo , § 69 ) . Tvôli σavтby . ( Know thyself ) . THALES ( 636-546 B.C . ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives ...
... καὶ μάλιστα ἐν ovμжooi . ( Rule your tongue , especially at a feast ) . CHILO ( d . B.C. 597 ) - ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Chilo , § 69 ) . Tvôli σavтby . ( Know thyself ) . THALES ( 636-546 B.C . ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives ...
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... καὶ πάντων κρατήσεις . ( Fight with spears of silver , and thou wilt overcome all thy foes ) . Cf. Fight thou with shafts of silver , and o'ercome , When no force else can get the masterdom . Herrick , Hesperides , Aphorism 271 . In eo ...
... καὶ πάντων κρατήσεις . ( Fight with spears of silver , and thou wilt overcome all thy foes ) . Cf. Fight thou with shafts of silver , and o'ercome , When no force else can get the masterdom . Herrick , Hesperides , Aphorism 271 . In eo ...
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... καὶ κολάζουσι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας . ( That in which those who are not wronged espouse the cause of those who are , and punish the wrong- doers ) . SOLON ( 638-558 B.C . ) - when asked what city he thought was the best modelled . ( Plutarch ...
... καὶ κολάζουσι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας . ( That in which those who are not wronged espouse the cause of those who are , and punish the wrong- doers ) . SOLON ( 638-558 B.C . ) - when asked what city he thought was the best modelled . ( Plutarch ...
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... καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ δυνάσται συγχορηγοῦσιν . ( My boy , when I married your mother not even our neighbours heard of it but kings and princes are contributing to your wedding ) . DEMADES ( d . 318 B.C . ) - to his son Demeas , on the ...
... καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ δυνάσται συγχορηγοῦσιν . ( My boy , when I married your mother not even our neighbours heard of it but kings and princes are contributing to your wedding ) . DEMADES ( d . 318 B.C . ) - to his son Demeas , on the ...
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... Καὶ μὴν μάλιστα ἡμεῖς ἐφικνούμεθα τοῖς ἐγχειριδίοις τῶν πολεμίων . ( And yet we generally reach our enemies with these little daggers ) . KING AGIS ( d . 239 B.C . ) - reply- ing to an Athenian who jeered at the small Spartan swords ...
... Καὶ μὴν μάλιστα ἡμεῖς ἐφικνούμεθα τοῖς ἐγχειριδίοις τῶν πολεμίων . ( And yet we generally reach our enemies with these little daggers ) . KING AGIS ( d . 239 B.C . ) - reply- ing to an Athenian who jeered at the small Spartan swords ...
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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