Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Louis XIV , who reproached him , in the pre- sence of the DUC D'AUMONT ( who was very fat , like Vivonne ) with not taking enough exercise . C'est un grand diable d'Anglais sec , qui va toujours droit de- vant lui . ( He is a tall thin ...
... Louis XIV , who reproached him , in the pre- sence of the DUC D'AUMONT ( who was very fat , like Vivonne ) with not taking enough exercise . C'est un grand diable d'Anglais sec , qui va toujours droit de- vant lui . ( He is a tall thin ...
Page 96
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) in Ménagiana , vol . 3 , p . 134 ( 1715 edition ) à propos of a courtier who had received an offence . Comment peut - on être Persan ! ( How can one be a Persian ! ) A saying expressing astonishment at the ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) in Ménagiana , vol . 3 , p . 134 ( 1715 edition ) à propos of a courtier who had received an offence . Comment peut - on être Persan ! ( How can one be a Persian ! ) A saying expressing astonishment at the ...
Page 97
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —after the battle of Malplaquet ( Sep. 11 , 1709 ) . Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons ( God is always on side of the big battalions . ) Attributed to TURENNE ( 1611-75 ) by Joseph de Maistre . Cf ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —after the battle of Malplaquet ( Sep. 11 , 1709 ) . Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons ( God is always on side of the big battalions . ) Attributed to TURENNE ( 1611-75 ) by Joseph de Maistre . Cf ...
Page 98
... LOUIS XIV , preached by J. B. MASSILLON ( 1663-1742 ) . Diviser pour regner . to reign ) . Machiavelian maxim ( Divide , put in practice by CATHERINE DE MEDI- CIS ( 1519-89 ) and by LOUIS XI ( 1423-83 ) ( See also Qui nescit dis ...
... LOUIS XIV , preached by J. B. MASSILLON ( 1663-1742 ) . Diviser pour regner . to reign ) . Machiavelian maxim ( Divide , put in practice by CATHERINE DE MEDI- CIS ( 1519-89 ) and by LOUIS XI ( 1423-83 ) ( See also Qui nescit dis ...
Page 99
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —on his death - bed . Died Sep. 1 , 1715 . Ecrasez l'infâme ! ( Crush the infamous thing ! ) Phrase often used by VOLTAIRE , ( 1694-1778 ) at the end of his letters , especially in the year 1762 and after ...
... LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) —on his death - bed . Died Sep. 1 , 1715 . Ecrasez l'infâme ! ( Crush the infamous thing ! ) Phrase often used by VOLTAIRE , ( 1694-1778 ) at the end of his letters , especially in the year 1762 and after ...
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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