Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... Grand de Louis le Gros . ( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ] . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 1636- 1711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the latter for ...
... Grand de Louis le Gros . ( Still , sire , posterity will always distinguish between Louis le Grand [ Great ] and Louis le Gros [ Fat ] . ) Remark made by BOILEAU ( 1636- 1711 ) to Louis XIV concerning the preference of the latter for ...
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... grand voyage . ( It is ended , I gentlemen ; start for the great journey . ) GONTAUT - BIRON ( 1562-1602 ) — when condemned to death ( be- headed , July 31 , 1602 ) . He is also said to have offered a glass of wine to the executioner ...
... grand voyage . ( It is ended , I gentlemen ; start for the great journey . ) GONTAUT - BIRON ( 1562-1602 ) — when condemned to death ( be- headed , July 31 , 1602 ) . He is also said to have offered a glass of wine to the executioner ...
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... grand diable d'Anglais sec , qui va toujours droit de- vant lui . ( He is a tall thin devil of an Englishman , who always goes straight forwards . ) A Bourbon queen of Spain's * sar- casm against JAMES FITZJAMES , Duke of Berwick ( 1670 ...
... grand diable d'Anglais sec , qui va toujours droit de- vant lui . ( He is a tall thin devil of an Englishman , who always goes straight forwards . ) A Bourbon queen of Spain's * sar- casm against JAMES FITZJAMES , Duke of Berwick ( 1670 ...
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... Grand Master of the Order of Templars . It is said that he sum- moned both the pope ( CLEMENT V— c . 1264-1314 ) and the king ( PHILIPPE LE BEL - 1268-1314 ) . Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public ? ( How many fools are ...
... Grand Master of the Order of Templars . It is said that he sum- moned both the pope ( CLEMENT V— c . 1264-1314 ) and the king ( PHILIPPE LE BEL - 1268-1314 ) . Combien faut - il de sots pour faire un public ? ( How many fools are ...
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... grand , mes frères ! ( God alone is great , my brethren ! ) . First words of the funeral sermon on LOUIS XIV , preached by J. B. MASSILLON ( 1663-1742 ) . Diviser pour regner . to reign ) . Machiavelian maxim ( Divide , put in practice ...
... grand , mes frères ! ( God alone is great , my brethren ! ) . First words of the funeral sermon on LOUIS XIV , preached by J. B. MASSILLON ( 1663-1742 ) . Diviser pour regner . to reign ) . Machiavelian maxim ( Divide , put in practice ...
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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