Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... France , it should not fail to go . SIR THOMAS MORE ( 1480-1535 ) -of Henry VIII . I forgive him , and I hope I shall as easily forget the wrongs he has done me , as he will forget my pardon . RICHARD I ( 1157-99 ) —of his brother ...
... France , it should not fail to go . SIR THOMAS MORE ( 1480-1535 ) -of Henry VIII . I forgive him , and I hope I shall as easily forget the wrongs he has done me , as he will forget my pardon . RICHARD I ( 1157-99 ) —of his brother ...
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... France est une monarchie absolue & c . Liberty and Union , one and in- separable , now and for ever ! DANIEL WEBSTER ( 1782-1852 ) — conclusion of a speech in the United States Senate , Jan. 26 , 1830. Otherwise given " Liberty and ...
... France est une monarchie absolue & c . Liberty and Union , one and in- separable , now and for ever ! DANIEL WEBSTER ( 1782-1852 ) — conclusion of a speech in the United States Senate , Jan. 26 , 1830. Otherwise given " Liberty and ...
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... France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , dear France ! I shall never see you more ! ) Farewell of MARY STUART ( 1542- 87 ) to France . The lines " Adieu , plaisant pays de France . O ma patrie La plus chérie ! " etc. at one ...
... France ! je ne vous verrai jamais plus ! ( Adieu , dear France ! I shall never see you more ! ) Farewell of MARY STUART ( 1542- 87 ) to France . The lines " Adieu , plaisant pays de France . O ma patrie La plus chérie ! " etc. at one ...
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... France , vol . 3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least , feudal times , when op- pressed by the nobles . Ah ! s'il se fallait méfier de celui ...
... France , vol . 3 , p . 199 , 2nd edit . ) Ah ! si le roi le savait ! ( Ah ! if the king knew it ! ) Saying of the people , dating from , at least , feudal times , when op- pressed by the nobles . Ah ! s'il se fallait méfier de celui ...
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... France , 1863 , vol . 4 , p . 136. Other versions are : " A moi , ma chère amie ( mon amie ) , à moi ! " Carlyle's version is as follows : " A moi , chère amie , help dear ! " The French Revolution . bk iv , ch . I. ( Charlotte Corday ...
... France , 1863 , vol . 4 , p . 136. Other versions are : " A moi , ma chère amie ( mon amie ) , à moi ! " Carlyle's version is as follows : " A moi , chère amie , help dear ! " The French Revolution . bk iv , ch . I. ( Charlotte Corday ...
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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