Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 90
... n'est pas parler en roi . " ( Sire , you have several times told me you pitied me ; but I pity you who have uttered these words : I am compelled to do it ! That is not speaking like a king ) . Palissy died in prison at the age of 80 ...
... n'est pas parler en roi . " ( Sire , you have several times told me you pitied me ; but I pity you who have uttered these words : I am compelled to do it ! That is not speaking like a king ) . Palissy died in prison at the age of 80 ...
Page 92
... n'est pas la guerre ( It is magnifi- cent , but it is not war . ) GENERAL BOSQUET ( 1810-61 ) , afterwards marshal of France , refer- ing to the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava , Oct. 28 , 1854 . C'est ma guerre à moi . ( It is ...
... n'est pas la guerre ( It is magnifi- cent , but it is not war . ) GENERAL BOSQUET ( 1810-61 ) , afterwards marshal of France , refer- ing to the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava , Oct. 28 , 1854 . C'est ma guerre à moi . ( It is ...
Page 93
... n'est pas une raison que je me " rende coupable d'une faute . " ( If , as you say , Bonaparte has been guilty of a crime , that is no reason why I should become guilty of a mistake ) Lady C. J. Blennerhassett , Talleyrand , Eine Studie ...
... n'est pas une raison que je me " rende coupable d'une faute . " ( If , as you say , Bonaparte has been guilty of a crime , that is no reason why I should become guilty of a mistake ) Lady C. J. Blennerhassett , Talleyrand , Eine Studie ...
Page 97
... n'est rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que " Dieu est toujours pour les gros " bataillons . " ( The number of wise men will always be small . It is true that it has increased ; but that is nothing compared with the ...
... n'est rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que " Dieu est toujours pour les gros " bataillons . " ( The number of wise men will always be small . It is true that it has increased ; but that is nothing compared with the ...
Page 108
... n'est pas plutôt au bas de l'escalier que je l'ai confondu . ( He beats me in the room , but he is no sooner at the bottom of the stairs than I have con- founded him . ) PIERRE NICOLE ( 1625-95 ) of M. DE TREVILLE . The latter was a ...
... n'est pas plutôt au bas de l'escalier que je l'ai confondu . ( He beats me in the room , but he is no sooner at the bottom of the stairs than I have con- founded him . ) PIERRE NICOLE ( 1625-95 ) of M. DE TREVILLE . The latter was a ...
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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