Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non è zero è ben trovato , is often very appropriate ; and , on the other hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poétique ...
le mot est si bien dans sa nature que , s'il ne l'a pas dit , il a dii le dire In these cases the Italian saying , “ se non è zero è ben trovato , is often very appropriate ; and , on the other hand , as Boileau writes ( L'Art poétique ...
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SYDNEY SMITH ( 1771-1845 ) Cf. “ Le bien public requiert qu'on trahisse , et qu'on mente , et qu'on - Montaigne , Essais , bk . 3 , ch . 1 . ( The public weal requires that a man should betray , and lie , and massacre . ) ...
SYDNEY SMITH ( 1771-1845 ) Cf. “ Le bien public requiert qu'on trahisse , et qu'on mente , et qu'on - Montaigne , Essais , bk . 3 , ch . 1 . ( The public weal requires that a man should betray , and lie , and massacre . ) ...
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He said : “ Eh bien ! quand vous n'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the lamp , will you see any better there ? ) A l'immortalité . ( To immortality . ) ...
He said : “ Eh bien ! quand vous n'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the lamp , will you see any better there ? ) A l'immortalité . ( To immortality . ) ...
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He had said , alluding to the resistance made by Parliament : “ Les choses , comme elles sont , dureront bien autant que moi . ” ( Things as they are will last as long as I shall . ) Cf. “ Il m'a raconté aussi que " peignant Mme . de ...
He had said , alluding to the resistance made by Parliament : “ Les choses , comme elles sont , dureront bien autant que moi . ” ( Things as they are will last as long as I shall . ) Cf. “ Il m'a raconté aussi que " peignant Mme . de ...
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... the the day that would again place me Bible which included the lesser under your orders . ) prophets , said to him : C'était un Bien , nous n'aurons pas besoin beau génie que ce Baruch ; qui était de sable . ( Good , we shan't il ?
... the the day that would again place me Bible which included the lesser under your orders . ) prophets , said to him : C'était un Bien , nous n'aurons pas besoin beau génie que ce Baruch ; qui était de sable . ( Good , we shan't il ?
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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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