Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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307 ) writes : " Les anciens historiens sont remplis de vues dont on pourroit faire usage quand même les faits qui les présentent seroient faux . Les hommes sensés doivent regarder l'histoire comme un tissu de fabiles , dont la morale ...
307 ) writes : " Les anciens historiens sont remplis de vues dont on pourroit faire usage quand même les faits qui les présentent seroient faux . Les hommes sensés doivent regarder l'histoire comme un tissu de fabiles , dont la morale ...
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( In every company there are more fools than wise men ) Rabelais , Pantagruel , ii , 10 See Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public . This day let me see the Lord Jesus . JOHN JEWELL Bishop of Salis . bury , ( 1522-71 ) — Last ...
( In every company there are more fools than wise men ) Rabelais , Pantagruel , ii , 10 See Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public . This day let me see the Lord Jesus . JOHN JEWELL Bishop of Salis . bury , ( 1522-71 ) — Last ...
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Je puis faire des nobles quand je veux dic . JAMES I. ( 1566-1625 ) is credited with saying , “ I can make a lord , but only God Almighty can make a gentleman . " You have risen by your gravity : I have sunk by my levity .
Je puis faire des nobles quand je veux dic . JAMES I. ( 1566-1625 ) is credited with saying , “ I can make a lord , but only God Almighty can make a gentleman . " You have risen by your gravity : I have sunk by my levity .
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the impression made by a speech of FONTENELE ( 1657-1757 ) . the ABBÉ ADRIEN LAMOURETTE Avec quatre aunes de drap , le roi ( 1742-94 ) , July 7 , 1792 , causing peut faire en deux minutes political opponents to embrace each other .
the impression made by a speech of FONTENELE ( 1657-1757 ) . the ABBÉ ADRIEN LAMOURETTE Avec quatre aunes de drap , le roi ( 1742-94 ) , July 7 , 1792 , causing peut faire en deux minutes political opponents to embrace each other .
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Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public ? ( How many fools are necessary to make a public ? ) Chamfort's Caracteres et Anecdotes ( vol 4 , pp . 217-8 ) there is an anecdote of someone not narned , who used these words , when the ...
Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public ? ( How many fools are necessary to make a public ? ) Chamfort's Caracteres et Anecdotes ( vol 4 , pp . 217-8 ) there is an anecdote of someone not narned , who used these words , when 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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