Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 24
Page 104
... μὲν , ἄκουσον δέ ( which see ) . Frères , il faut mourir ! ( Brothers we must die ! ) Saying of the monks of La Trappe when at the point of death -not whenever they meet each other , as alleged by Chateaubriand . Fusillez - moi tous ces ...
... μὲν , ἄκουσον δέ ( which see ) . Frères , il faut mourir ! ( Brothers we must die ! ) Saying of the monks of La Trappe when at the point of death -not whenever they meet each other , as alleged by Chateaubriand . Fusillez - moi tous ces ...
Page 133
... μὲν ἐμον ἀπ ̓ ἐμοῦ γένος , etc. La tragédie court les rues . ( Tragedy runs in the streets . ) Reply made by the poet LEMIERRE ( 1723-93 ) to those who expressed 66 their astonishment at his refusal to allow his tragedy FRENCH SAYINGS 133.
... μὲν ἐμον ἀπ ̓ ἐμοῦ γένος , etc. La tragédie court les rues . ( Tragedy runs in the streets . ) Reply made by the poet LEMIERRE ( 1723-93 ) to those who expressed 66 their astonishment at his refusal to allow his tragedy FRENCH SAYINGS 133.
Page 166
... μὲν καλοὺς εὐπρεπεστέρους ὁρᾶσθαι ποιεῖ , τοὺς dè aioxpoùs φοβερωτέρους . ( The hair makes the handsome look more comely , and the ugly more frightful . ) — Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a parlé ...
... μὲν καλοὺς εὐπρεπεστέρους ὁρᾶσθαι ποιεῖ , τοὺς dè aioxpoùs φοβερωτέρους . ( The hair makes the handsome look more comely , and the ugly more frightful . ) — Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a parlé ...
Page 174
... ( Money is 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 " " γίνομαι . ” ( “ In peace I provide enjoyment FRENCH SAYINGS.
... ( Money is 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 " " γίνομαι . ” ( “ In peace I provide enjoyment FRENCH SAYINGS.
Page 198
... μὲν βραδέως , ἐπιτέλει 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 ...
... μὲν βραδέως , ἐπιτέλει 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 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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