Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 32 ) . Εἰς αὔριον τὰ σπουδαῖα . ( Business to - morrow ) . ARCHIAS , governor of Thebes ( fl . c . 4th cent . B.C. ) on receiving a letter which he was desired to read instantly ( it was to warn him of a ...
... Laertius , Lives : Socrates , § 32 ) . Εἰς αὔριον τὰ σπουδαῖα . ( Business to - morrow ) . ARCHIAS , governor of Thebes ( fl . c . 4th cent . B.C. ) on receiving a letter which he was desired to read instantly ( it was to warn him of a ...
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... Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 54 ) . Ιθι , γενναῖε , τόλμα καὶ δέδιθι μηδὲν . Καίσαρα φέρεις καὶ τὴν Καίσαρος τύχην συμπλέουσαν . ( Come , good sir , have courage and fear nothing you have Caesar and Caesar's fortune on board with you ) ...
... Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , § 54 ) . Ιθι , γενναῖε , τόλμα καὶ δέδιθι μηδὲν . Καίσαρα φέρεις καὶ τὴν Καίσαρος τύχην συμπλέουσαν . ( Come , good sir , have courage and fear nothing you have Caesar and Caesar's fortune on board with you ) ...
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... Laertius , Lives : Pittacus , § 79 ) . Κάκιστον δὲ ἄρχοντα εἶναι τὸν ἄρχειν ἑαυτοῦ μὴ δυνάμενον . ( The worst ruler ... Laertius , Lives : Bion , § 53 ) . Κρείττον εἶναι τοῖς ποσὶν ὀλισθεῖν , ἢ τῇ γλώττῃ . ( Better a slip of the feet ...
... Laertius , Lives : Pittacus , § 79 ) . Κάκιστον δὲ ἄρχοντα εἶναι τὸν ἄρχειν ἑαυτοῦ μὴ δυνάμενον . ( The worst ruler ... Laertius , Lives : Bion , § 53 ) . Κρείττον εἶναι τοῖς ποσὶν ὀλισθεῖν , ἢ τῇ γλώττῃ . ( Better a slip of the feet ...
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... Laertius , Lives : Plato , § 39. ) μέχρι τοῦ βωμοῦ φίλος εἶναι ( [ he said that ] he was his friend as far as the altar ) . PERICLES ( 470-429 B.C . ) - when asked to bear false witness for someone ( Plutarch , Apophthegmata : Pericles ...
... Laertius , Lives : Plato , § 39. ) μέχρι τοῦ βωμοῦ φίλος εἶναι ( [ he said that ] he was his friend as far as the altar ) . PERICLES ( 470-429 B.C . ) - when asked to bear false witness for someone ( Plutarch , Apophthegmata : Pericles ...
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... Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , 38 . Μισώ σοφιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός . ( I hate a philosopher who is not wise in his own interest ) . ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( 356- 323 B.C . ) - alluding to the behaviour of Kallisthenes in society ...
... Laertius , Lives : Diogenes , 38 . Μισώ σοφιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός . ( I hate a philosopher who is not wise in his own interest ) . ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( 356- 323 B.C . ) - alluding to the behaviour of Kallisthenes in society ...
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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