Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Molière's words ( Amphytrion , act ii , sc . 2 ) seem very appropriate here : " Tous les discours sont des sottises , Partant d'un homme sans éclat : Ce seroient paroles exquises Si c'étoit un grand qui parlât . " Pope , too , expresses ...
... Molière's words ( Amphytrion , act ii , sc . 2 ) seem very appropriate here : " Tous les discours sont des sottises , Partant d'un homme sans éclat : Ce seroient paroles exquises Si c'étoit un grand qui parlât . " Pope , too , expresses ...
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... MOLIÈRE ( 1622- 73 ) . Cf. " Most writers steal a good thing when they can , " And when ' tis safely got ' tis worth the winning . " The worst of ' t is we now and then detect ' em , " Before they ever dream that we suspect ' em ...
... MOLIÈRE ( 1622- 73 ) . Cf. " Most writers steal a good thing when they can , " And when ' tis safely got ' tis worth the winning . " The worst of ' t is we now and then detect ' em , " Before they ever dream that we suspect ' em ...
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... Molière , George Dandin , act 2 , sc . 6 . Ils sont trop ! ( They [ i.e. the Germans ] are too many . ) Words uttered by a wounded soldier at the battle of Paris , Mar. 30 , 1814.-A. T. de Vaulabelle , Hist . des deux Restaurations ...
... Molière , George Dandin , act 2 , sc . 6 . Ils sont trop ! ( They [ i.e. the Germans ] are too many . ) Words uttered by a wounded soldier at the battle of Paris , Mar. 30 , 1814.-A. T. de Vaulabelle , Hist . des deux Restaurations ...
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... Molière ( Le Mariage forcé , SC . vi ) makes Panurge say : " La parole a été donnée " à l'homme pour expliquer sa ' pensée , " etc. ( Speech was given to man to explain his thoughts etc ) . That " speech is the shadow of deeds " was a ...
... Molière ( Le Mariage forcé , SC . vi ) makes Panurge say : " La parole a été donnée " à l'homme pour expliquer sa ' pensée , " etc. ( Speech was given to man to explain his thoughts etc ) . That " speech is the shadow of deeds " was a ...
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... Molière's ( 1622-73 ) Tartuffe ( act 1 , sc . 5 ) , but said to have been suggested to the poet by LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) alluding to a repast made by Péréfixe , bishop of Rodez , although this is disputed by ( A. ) Bazin , les ...
... Molière's ( 1622-73 ) Tartuffe ( act 1 , sc . 5 ) , but said to have been suggested to the poet by LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) alluding to a repast made by Péréfixe , bishop of Rodez , although this is disputed by ( A. ) Bazin , les ...
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