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 16
Page 209
... μὴ γὰρ σὺ τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus Livius , who had been in command of Tarentum when ...
... μὴ γὰρ σὺ τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus Livius , who had been in command of Tarentum when ...
Page 210
... μὴ προστίθει τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αἰσχύνην . ( My good fellow , old age is quite ugly enough without your adding the deformity of wickedness to it ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives ...
... μὴ προστίθει τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αἰσχύνην . ( My good fellow , old age is quite ugly enough without your adding the deformity of wickedness to it ) . CATO MAJOR ( 234-149 B.C . ) — to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives ...
Page 211
... μή τι χεῖρον περὶ ἐμοῦ λέγωσι . ( Just what I wanted has hap- pened , then ; for I wish the Athenians to gossip about this , that they might not say some- thing worse about me ) . ALCIBIADES ( 450-404 B.C. ) — when reproached by his ...
... μή τι χεῖρον περὶ ἐμοῦ λέγωσι . ( Just what I wanted has hap- pened , then ; for I wish the Athenians to gossip about this , that they might not say some- thing worse about me ) . ALCIBIADES ( 450-404 B.C. ) — when reproached by his ...
Page 212
... μὴ ̓Αλέξανδρος ἤμην , Διογένης ἂν hun . ( If I were not Alexander I would be Diogenes ) . ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( 356- 323 B.C . ) - to express his admiration of Diogenes , whom he visited at Corinth ( Plutarch , Lives : Alexander , xiv ) ...
... μὴ ̓Αλέξανδρος ἤμην , Διογένης ἂν hun . ( If I were not Alexander I would be Diogenes ) . ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( 356- 323 B.C . ) - to express his admiration of Diogenes , whom he visited at Corinth ( Plutarch , Lives : Alexander , xiv ) ...
Page 213
... μὴ ἀδικούμενοι προ- βάλλονται 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 ...
... μὴ ἀδικούμενοι προ- βάλλονται 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 ...
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