Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 95
... Paris , act 3 , sc . 7. ( 5th tableau ) . " Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem : Moverit accusat Manilia , si rea non est . " ( Juvenal , sat . 6 , 11. 242-3 . ) ( There is hardly any matter about which a woman will not stir ...
... Paris , act 3 , sc . 7. ( 5th tableau ) . " Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem : Moverit accusat Manilia , si rea non est . " ( Juvenal , sat . 6 , 11. 242-3 . ) ( There is hardly any matter about which a woman will not stir ...
Page 97
... Paris . ) Des choses et non des mots . ( Things and not words . ) Motto of LAZARE HOCHE ( 1768-97 ) . Devant un homme comme vous , je ne suis plus une femme comme moi . ( In presence of a man like you , I am no longer a woman like ...
... Paris . ) Des choses et non des mots . ( Things and not words . ) Motto of LAZARE HOCHE ( 1768-97 ) . Devant un homme comme vous , je ne suis plus une femme comme moi . ( In presence of a man like you , I am no longer a woman like ...
Page 101
... ( Paris ) in 1895. It was for a long time in everybody's mouth . Epée dont la poignée est à Rome et la pointe partout . ( Sword of which the hilt is at Rome and the point everywhere ) . Phrase used by ANDRÉ M. J. DUPIN ( 1783-1865 ) in ...
... ( Paris ) in 1895. It was for a long time in everybody's mouth . Epée dont la poignée est à Rome et la pointe partout . ( Sword of which the hilt is at Rome and the point everywhere ) . Phrase used by ANDRÉ M. J. DUPIN ( 1783-1865 ) in ...
Page 103
... Paris ( March 9- 16 , 1793 ) is " Allez , fils aîné de Saint Louis , le ciel vous attend . " ( Go , eldest son of St. Louis , heaven awaits you . ) E. Fournier ( L'Esprit dans l'histoire ) affirms that the ex- pression was invented by ...
... Paris ( March 9- 16 , 1793 ) is " Allez , fils aîné de Saint Louis , le ciel vous attend . " ( Go , eldest son of St. Louis , heaven awaits you . ) E. Fournier ( L'Esprit dans l'histoire ) affirms that the ex- pression was invented by ...
Page 106
... Paris had said that he would give his life for M. de Talleyrand . Il avait été a la peine , c'était bien raison qu'il fut a l'honneur ( It had borne the brunt , it was only right that it should have the honour . ) Reply made by JOAN OF ...
... Paris had said that he would give his life for M. de Talleyrand . Il avait été a la peine , c'était bien raison qu'il fut a l'honneur ( It had borne the brunt , it was only right that it should have the honour . ) Reply made by JOAN OF ...
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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