Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... NAPOLEON MME . DE STAËL . ( 1769-1821 ) -- of Cette poutre durera plus que vous et moi . ( This beam will last longer than you and I. ) Answer made by the Duc DE SULLY ( 1560-1641 ) to Henri IV , who sent for his three ministers ...
... NAPOLEON MME . DE STAËL . ( 1769-1821 ) -- of Cette poutre durera plus que vous et moi . ( This beam will last longer than you and I. ) Answer made by the Duc DE SULLY ( 1560-1641 ) to Henri IV , who sent for his three ministers ...
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... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) ; also attributed to TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) . Cf. " En général , le ridicule touche au François de Rochechouart , chevalier de Jars , was condemned to death in 1633 and was already on the scaffold when his ...
... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) ; also attributed to TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) . Cf. " En général , le ridicule touche au François de Rochechouart , chevalier de Jars , was condemned to death in 1633 and was already on the scaffold when his ...
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... Napoleon , who wished him to be condemned , promising to pardon him afterwards . Cf. la Revue rétrospec- tive ( 2nd series ) , vol . 9 , p . 458 . Elle me gêne . ( It [ the crown ] is uncomfortable . ) LOUIS XVI , ( 1754-93 ) , at his ...
... Napoleon , who wished him to be condemned , promising to pardon him afterwards . Cf. la Revue rétrospec- tive ( 2nd series ) , vol . 9 , p . 458 . Elle me gêne . ( It [ the crown ] is uncomfortable . ) LOUIS XVI , ( 1754-93 ) , at his ...
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... NAPOLEON ( 1769- 1821 ) on the morning of the battle of Waterloo ( June 18 , 1815 ) . Enrichissez - vous ! ( Enrich your- selves ! ) In a speech by FRANÇOIS GUIZOT , ( 1787-1874 ) minister for foreign affairs , March 1st , 1843. " A ...
... NAPOLEON ( 1769- 1821 ) on the morning of the battle of Waterloo ( June 18 , 1815 ) . Enrichissez - vous ! ( Enrich your- selves ! ) In a speech by FRANÇOIS GUIZOT , ( 1787-1874 ) minister for foreign affairs , March 1st , 1843. " A ...
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... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) —of Fran- cis I. See Ce gros garçon gâtera tout . Frappe , mais va - t - en . ( Strike , but go away . ) Reply made by CHAPELLE ( 1626- 86 ) -to a lord at dinner , when the latter threatened to cane the poets who ...
... NAPOLEON ( 1769-1821 ) —of Fran- cis I. See Ce gros garçon gâtera tout . Frappe , mais va - t - en . ( Strike , but go away . ) Reply made by CHAPELLE ( 1626- 86 ) -to a lord at dinner , when the latter threatened to cane the poets who ...
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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