Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... DIOGENES ( c . 412- 323 B.C. ) “ Τὸν πλούσιον ἀμαθῆ πρόβατον ( εἶπε χρυσόμαλλον . ” ( “ Α rich man without instruction is a sheep with a golden fleece . " ) Dio- genes Laertius , VI . , 2 , 6 , 47 . Un soldat qui a bien dormi en vaut ...
... DIOGENES ( c . 412- 323 B.C. ) “ Τὸν πλούσιον ἀμαθῆ πρόβατον ( εἶπε χρυσόμαλλον . ” ( “ Α rich man without instruction is a sheep with a golden fleece . " ) Dio- genes Laertius , VI . , 2 , 6 , 47 . Un soldat qui a bien dormi en vaut ...
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... Diogenes Laertius , IX . , 1 , 2 , I. Vous aviez promis de m'épargner des souffrances inutiles . ( You promised to spare me useless suffering ) . Last words of H.-G. Riquetti , COMTE DE MIRABEAU ( 1746-91 ) alluding to his request for ...
... Diogenes Laertius , IX . , 1 , 2 , I. Vous aviez promis de m'épargner des souffrances inutiles . ( You promised to spare me useless suffering ) . Last words of H.-G. Riquetti , COMTE DE MIRABEAU ( 1746-91 ) alluding to his request for ...
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... Laertius , Lives : Arcesilaus , $ 41 ) . Aos éyú . ( A second self ) . ZENO ( d.c. 260 B.C . ) - on being asked who ... DIOGENES , the Cynic ( 412-323 B.C . ) - reply to one who told him that he was being derided ; mean- ing that only ...
... Laertius , Lives : Arcesilaus , $ 41 ) . Aos éyú . ( A second self ) . ZENO ( d.c. 260 B.C . ) - on being asked who ... DIOGENES , the Cynic ( 412-323 B.C . ) - reply to one who told him that he was being derided ; mean- ing that only ...
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... ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk . III , xix ) attributes this saying to Esop , who , when a busybody in the market place asked him what he was doing with a lighted torch at noon ( which he was ...
... ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 41 ) . Phaedrus ( Fabulae , bk . III , xix ) attributes this saying to Esop , who , when a busybody in the market place asked him what he was doing with a lighted torch at noon ( which he was ...
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... ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Chilo , § 69 ) . Tvôli σavтby . ( Know thyself ) . THALES ( 636-546 B.C . ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Thales , § 40 ) . Also attributed to Chilo , and to Phemonoes . Διὰ τοῦτο δύο ὦτα ἔχομεν , στόμα ...
... ( Diogenes Laertius , Lives : Chilo , § 69 ) . Tvôli σavтby . ( Know thyself ) . THALES ( 636-546 B.C . ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Thales , § 40 ) . Also attributed to Chilo , and to Phemonoes . Διὰ τοῦτο δύο ὦτα ἔχομεν , στόμα ...
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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