Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . ( Dreux du Radier , Tablettes hist . et anec- dotes des rois de France , vol . 3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . ( Dreux du Radier , Tablettes hist . et anec- dotes des rois de France , vol . 3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least ...
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... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) , on the latter com- plaining of being 60 years of age . Ai - je donc sur les épaules la robe de Nessus ? ( Have I then on my shoulders the shirt of Nessus ? ) Said by LAZARE HOCHE ( 1768- 97 ) referring to the ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) , on the latter com- plaining of being 60 years of age . Ai - je donc sur les épaules la robe de Nessus ? ( Have I then on my shoulders the shirt of Nessus ? ) Said by LAZARE HOCHE ( 1768- 97 ) referring to the ...
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... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —of his nephew , the duc d'Orléans , after- wards Regent of France . Ce gros garçon gâtera tout . ( This fat fellow will spoil all . ) LOUIS XII . ( 1462-1515 ) —of his son - in - law , the comte d ' Angouleme ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —of his nephew , the duc d'Orléans , after- wards Regent of France . Ce gros garçon gâtera tout . ( This fat fellow will spoil all . ) LOUIS XII . ( 1462-1515 ) —of his son - in - law , the comte d ' Angouleme ...
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... Louis le Grand de Louis le Gros . ( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ] . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 1636- 1711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the ...
... Louis le Grand de Louis le Gros . ( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ] . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 1636- 1711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the ...
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... Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . C'est plus qu'un crime , c'est une faute . ( It is more than a crime , it is a blunder . ) Attributed both to JOSEPH FOUCHÉ ( 1763-1820 ) and TALLEY- RAND * ( 1754-1838 ) , referring to the death of the duc d ...
... Louis XIV ( 1638-1715 ) . C'est plus qu'un crime , c'est une faute . ( It is more than a crime , it is a blunder . ) Attributed both to JOSEPH FOUCHÉ ( 1763-1820 ) and TALLEY- RAND * ( 1754-1838 ) , referring to the death of the duc d ...
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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