Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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—Ah ! how happy are the dead ! 43. A caur vaillant rien d'impossible . ( Fr. ) Nothing is impossible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44.
—Ah ! how happy are the dead ! 43. A caur vaillant rien d'impossible . ( Fr. ) Nothing is impossible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44.
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An obscure lot is always more happy . 156. Aide - toi , le ciel t'aidera . ( Fr. ) La Font . 6 , 18. - Help thyself and heaven will help thee . Regnier had long before said ( Sat. 13 ) , Aidez - vous seulement , et Dieu vous aidera .
An obscure lot is always more happy . 156. Aide - toi , le ciel t'aidera . ( Fr. ) La Font . 6 , 18. - Help thyself and heaven will help thee . Regnier had long before said ( Sat. 13 ) , Aidez - vous seulement , et Dieu vous aidera .
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( L . ) - An augury of an happier age . Motto of the Duke of St Alban's and the Order of St Michael and St George . 445. Aussitôt dit , aussitôt fait . ( Fr . ) - No sooner said than done . 446. Ausus est vana contemnere .
( L . ) - An augury of an happier age . Motto of the Duke of St Alban's and the Order of St Michael and St George . 445. Aussitôt dit , aussitôt fait . ( Fr . ) - No sooner said than done . 446. Ausus est vana contemnere .
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483. Beatam vitam non depulsione mali , sed adeptione boni judicemus : nec eam cessando , sive gaudentem sive non dolentem , sed agendo aliquid considerandoque quæramus . ( L. ) Cic . Fin . 2 , 13 , 41. — Life is to be considered happy ...
483. Beatam vitam non depulsione mali , sed adeptione boni judicemus : nec eam cessando , sive gaudentem sive non dolentem , sed agendo aliquid considerandoque quæramus . ( L. ) Cic . Fin . 2 , 13 , 41. — Life is to be considered happy ...
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Happy the man who far from town ( Like one of earth's primeval nations ) Ploughs his own land , with team his own , Untroubled by the last quotations . - Ed . 490. Beaucoup de mémoire , et peu de jugement . ( Fr. ) Prov.
Happy the man who far from town ( Like one of earth's primeval nations ) Ploughs his own land , with team his own , Untroubled by the last quotations . - Ed . 490. Beaucoup de mémoire , et peu de jugement . ( Fr. ) Prov.
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| Title | Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Thomas Whittaker, 1889 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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