Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Το ( Lit. men , the grateful country . - Erected in honour of great men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the ...
... Το ( Lit. men , the grateful country . - Erected in honour of great men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the ...
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... Τὸ 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 ...
... Τὸ 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 ...
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... , -Beacor.sfield , Contarini Fleming . Μελέτη τὸ πᾶν . ( Care is everything ) . -Diogenes i , 7 , 6 , 99. PERIANDER ( Al . B.C. 625 ) . Le gouvernement de France est une monarchie absolue tempérée par 136 FRENCH SAYINGS.
... , -Beacor.sfield , Contarini Fleming . Μελέτη τὸ πᾶν . ( Care is everything ) . -Diogenes i , 7 , 6 , 99. PERIANDER ( Al . B.C. 625 ) . Le gouvernement de France est une monarchie absolue tempérée par 136 FRENCH SAYINGS.
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... Το go beyond the mean is to go beyond humanity : the greatness of the human soul consists in knowing how to keep there , etc ) . - Pascal , Pensées , art 6 , 17. " Illud quod medium est atque inter utrumque probamus . " ( That we ...
... Το go beyond the mean is to go beyond humanity : the greatness of the human soul consists in knowing how to keep there , etc ) . - Pascal , Pensées , art 6 , 17. " Illud quod medium est atque inter utrumque probamus . " ( That we ...
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... τὸ δίκαιον οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἢ τὸ τοῦ κρείττονος ξυμφέρον . ( “ I proclaim that might is right , justice the interest of the stronger . Jowett ) . PLATO , Republic , I. , 12 ( Thrasymachus . ) La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure ...
... τὸ δίκαιον οὐκ ἄλλο τι ἢ τὸ τοῦ κρείττονος ξυμφέρον . ( “ I proclaim that might is right , justice the interest of the stronger . Jowett ) . PLATO , Republic , I. , 12 ( Thrasymachus . ) La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure ...
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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