Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... were just like spiders ' webs ; for , like them , they caught the weaker criminals , but were broken through by the stronger and more important . ( Plutarch , Life of Solon , V. ) Cf. “ Où la guêpe a passé le moucheron demeure .
... were just like spiders ' webs ; for , like them , they caught the weaker criminals , but were broken through by the stronger and more important . ( Plutarch , Life of Solon , V. ) Cf. “ Où la guêpe a passé le moucheron demeure .
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( I love my children , but I love my country more ) -- Plutarch , Praecepta gerendae reipublicae , xiv . 809 , D. J'aime qui m'aime , j'estime qui le mérite , et je fais plaisir à qui je puis . ( I love him who loves me , I esteem him ...
( I love my children , but I love my country more ) -- Plutarch , Praecepta gerendae reipublicae , xiv . 809 , D. J'aime qui m'aime , j'estime qui le mérite , et je fais plaisir à qui je puis . ( I love him who loves me , I esteem him ...
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Plutarch , Lysander 1 . LYCURGUS ( A1 . c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice parlé , l'humanité doit avoir son tour . ( When justice has spoken , humanity must have its turn ) . In a speech by P. V. VERGNIAUD ( 1753-93 ) in pronouncing ...
Plutarch , Lysander 1 . LYCURGUS ( A1 . c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice parlé , l'humanité doit avoir son tour . ( When justice has spoken , humanity must have its turn ) . In a speech by P. V. VERGNIAUD ( 1753-93 ) in pronouncing ...
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when congratulated on his victory over the Romans at Asculum ( Plutarch , Lives : Pyrrhus , xxi ; Apophtheg . mata : Pyrrhus , 3 ) . Hence the can by him to ask a favour , which would. " Αγγελλε τοινυν , ότι Γάϊον Μάριον εν τοις ...
when congratulated on his victory over the Romans at Asculum ( Plutarch , Lives : Pyrrhus , xxi ; Apophtheg . mata : Pyrrhus , 3 ) . Hence the can by him to ask a favour , which would. " Αγγελλε τοινυν , ότι Γάϊον Μάριον εν τοις ...
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Cato MAJOR ( 234.149 B.C. ) - to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives : Cato Major , 9 ) . " Ανθρωπον ζητώ . ( I am looking for a man ) . DIOGENES ( 412-323 B.C. ) - having lighted a candle at noon , and bei asked the ...
Cato MAJOR ( 234.149 B.C. ) - to an old man who was acting wrongly ( Plutarch , Lives : Cato Major , 9 ) . " Ανθρωπον ζητώ . ( I am looking for a man ) . DIOGENES ( 412-323 B.C. ) - having lighted a candle at noon , and bei asked the ...
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| Title | Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin Casket Series Volume 7 of Sonnenschein's dictionaries of quotations |
| Author | Edward Latham |
| Publisher | Sonnenschein, 1904 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
| Length | 269 pages |
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