Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... οὐκ ἐῴη τὸ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον . ( .. the trophy of Miltiades would not let him sleep ) . THEMISTOCLES ( 514-449 B.C . ) —— when asked the cause of his reserve and his sleeplessness after Miltiades ' victory at Marathon ( 490 B.C. ) ...
... οὐκ ἐῴη τὸ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον . ( .. the trophy of Miltiades would not let him sleep ) . THEMISTOCLES ( 514-449 B.C . ) —— when asked the cause of his reserve and his sleeplessness after Miltiades ' victory at Marathon ( 490 B.C. ) ...
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... Οὐκ ̓Αθηναῖος οὐδ ̓ Ἕλλην ἀλλὰ KóσμLOS . ( I am a citizen , not of Athens or of Greece , but of the world ) . SOCRATES ( 468-399 B.C . ) - ( Plutarch , De Exilio , v . ) Cf. the saying of Marcus Aurelius ( Quod sibi ipsi scripsit , vi ...
... Οὐκ ̓Αθηναῖος οὐδ ̓ Ἕλλην ἀλλὰ KóσμLOS . ( I am a citizen , not of Athens or of Greece , but of the world ) . SOCRATES ( 468-399 B.C . ) - ( Plutarch , De Exilio , v . ) Cf. the saying of Marcus Aurelius ( Quod sibi ipsi scripsit , vi ...
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... Οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ καλῶς οὕτω ψάλλων ; ( Are you not ashamed to play so well ? ) PHILIP OF MACEDON ( 382- 336 B.C . ) - to his son , who played brilliantly on the harp at an entertainment . ( Plutarch , Lives : Pericles , i . ) Antisthenes ( f ...
... Οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ καλῶς οὕτω ψάλλων ; ( Are you not ashamed to play so well ? ) PHILIP OF MACEDON ( 382- 336 B.C . ) - to his son , who played brilliantly on the harp at an entertainment . ( Plutarch , Lives : Pericles , i . ) Antisthenes ( f ...
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... οὐκ ἀνάγκη . ( It is necessary to sail : it is not necessary to live ) . POMPEY ( c . 106-48 B.C . ) - when about to sail for Sicily , & c . , to collect grain , the ships ' masters being unwilling to start . ( Plutarch , Lives : Pompey ...
... οὐκ ἀνάγκη . ( It is necessary to sail : it is not necessary to live ) . POMPEY ( c . 106-48 B.C . ) - when about to sail for Sicily , & c . , to collect grain , the ships ' masters being unwilling to start . ( Plutarch , Lives : Pompey ...
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... οὐκ ἔχω . ( How many things are there of which I have no need ? ) SOCRATES ( B.C. 468-399 ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 25 . πότε ἄρα παυσόμεθα νικῶντες ; ( I wonder when we shall leave off being victorious ...
... οὐκ ἔχω . ( How many things are there of which I have no need ? ) SOCRATES ( B.C. 468-399 ) - ( Dio- genes Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 25 . πότε ἄρα παυσόμεθα νικῶντες ; ( I wonder when we shall leave off being victorious ...
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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