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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Page 13
... rien d'impossible . ( Fr . ) - Nothing is im- possible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44. A confesseurs , médecins , avocats , la vérité ne cèle ...
... rien d'impossible . ( Fr . ) - Nothing is im- possible to a valiant heart . Motto of Jeanne d'Albret of Navarre , mother of Henry IV . , and adopted by him as his own devise . 44. A confesseurs , médecins , avocats , la vérité ne cèle ...
Page 83
... rien qu'un bon sens delicat , Et le génie est la raison sublime . ( Fr. ) M. J. Chénier ? In good sense and reason are all things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise ...
... rien qu'un bon sens delicat , Et le génie est la raison sublime . ( Fr. ) M. J. Chénier ? In good sense and reason are all things embraced , Both virtue and genius , wit , talent , and taste . What is virtue but reason in exercise ...
Page 90
... rien ( Fr. ) Du Lorens ? Pas même Academicien . ( Fr . ) - Here lies Piron , who was nothing , not even a member of the Academy . The witty epitaph composed for himself by Alexis Piron . 743. Cineri gloria sera venit . ( L. ) Mart . 1 ...
... rien ( Fr. ) Du Lorens ? Pas même Academicien . ( Fr . ) - Here lies Piron , who was nothing , not even a member of the Academy . The witty epitaph composed for himself by Alexis Piron . 743. Cineri gloria sera venit . ( L. ) Mart . 1 ...
Page 118
... rien . ( Fr. ) La Font . Chameau et Bâtons flottants . — At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing at all . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem important to those watching them ...
... rien . ( Fr. ) La Font . Chameau et Bâtons flottants . — At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing at all . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem important to those watching them ...
Page 121
... rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . - The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with ...
... rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . - The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with ...
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