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... Suetonius , Nero , 38. ) A quelle sauce voulez - vous être mangés ? ( With what sauce do you wish to be eaten ? ) Concluding words of lines under a caricature directed against CALONNE ( 1734-1802 ) circulated in the reign of Louis XVI ...
... Suetonius , Nero , 38. ) A quelle sauce voulez - vous être mangés ? ( With what sauce do you wish to be eaten ? ) Concluding words of lines under a caricature directed against CALONNE ( 1734-1802 ) circulated in the reign of Louis XVI ...
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... ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , i , 82 ; Dio Cassius , xliv , 19 ; Shakspere , Julius Caesar , act iii , sc . I : " et tu , Brute " ) .- See Ista quidem vis est . Καιρὸν γνῶθι . ( Mark the fitting moment ) . PITTACUS ( B.C. 652-569 ) ...
... ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , i , 82 ; Dio Cassius , xliv , 19 ; Shakspere , Julius Caesar , act iii , sc . I : " et tu , Brute " ) .- See Ista quidem vis est . Καιρὸν γνῶθι . ( Mark the fitting moment ) . PITTACUS ( B.C. 652-569 ) ...
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... ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , ii , 25 ) . Usually quoted in its Latin form ' Festina lente . ' Σὺ γὰρ πρῶτος ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου ποίησον δημοκρατίαν . ( Begin by estal- lishing a democracy in your own household ) . LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C ...
... ( Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , ii , 25 ) . Usually quoted in its Latin form ' Festina lente . ' Σὺ γὰρ πρῶτος ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου ποίησον δημοκρατίαν . ( Begin by estal- lishing a democracy in your own household ) . LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C ...
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... Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , 99 . Tirez le rideau & c . See . . ad Kalendas Graecas . ( . . at the Greek Calends ) . AUGUSTUS ( 63 B.C. - 14 A.D . ) — a common expression of his in con- nection with debts owing to him , which he ...
... Suetonius , Twelve Caesars , 99 . Tirez le rideau & c . See . . ad Kalendas Graecas . ( . . at the Greek Calends ) . AUGUSTUS ( 63 B.C. - 14 A.D . ) — a common expression of his in con- nection with debts owing to him , which he ...
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... Suetonius , Twelve Casars : Claudius , 21. Often quoted " Ave , Cæsar , etc. " Bis dat qui cito dat . ( He gives twice who gives quickly ) . FRANCIS BACON ( 1561-1626 ) Lord Verulam - in his speech , May 7 , 1617 , on taking his seat as ...
... Suetonius , Twelve Casars : Claudius , 21. Often quoted " Ave , Cæsar , etc. " Bis dat qui cito dat . ( He gives twice who gives quickly ) . FRANCIS BACON ( 1561-1626 ) Lord Verulam - in his speech , May 7 , 1617 , on taking his seat as ...
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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