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... never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect should have attended the endeavour ; the endeavour being , after all , the thing that I lay claim to rather 1 ...
... never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect should have attended the endeavour ; the endeavour being , after all , the thing that I lay claim to rather 1 ...
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... never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical ...
... never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical ...
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... never so solemnly impressive as when they are not recited aloud , so much as murmured half inaudibly to one's self , and the taste of the finely - worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind . Indeed a ...
... never so solemnly impressive as when they are not recited aloud , so much as murmured half inaudibly to one's self , and the taste of the finely - worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind . Indeed a ...
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... never . As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors ...
... never . As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors ...
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... never so humble , there's no place like home . -J . H. Payne , Opera of Clari . 92. Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua . Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest . 93. Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo . ( It . ) Prov.- ( L ...
... never so humble , there's no place like home . -J . H. Payne , Opera of Clari . 92. Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua . Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest . 93. Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo . ( It . ) Prov.- ( L ...
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amor animo animus atque Augustus Cæsar bien Bruy c'est Cæsar Conington death Deus dicere Dieu enim etiam être facit fait faut fides Font fortune friends fuit Goethe habet hæc homini hommes honour ipse Julius Cæsar king l'on Law Max licet live Lucan Lucret magna mala mali Mart Menand mihi mind Molière mort Motto of Earl Motto of Lord Motto of Viscount multa n'est nature Nemo neque never nihil nisi nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia one's Phædr Plaut Plin poet potest Prov Prov.-A Prov.-The qu'on quæ quam quid quis quod quoque quotation quum rien Rochef Rome sæpe Schill semper sibi sine sunt things thou tibi tout truth verba Virg virtue vitæ Volt Vulg words
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Page 377 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 79 - Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement , Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.
Page 183 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 31 - Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig.
Page 78 - Celui qui met un frein à la fureur des flots Sait aussi des méchants arrêter les complots. Soumis avec respect à sa volonté sainte, Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte Cependant je rends grâce au zèle officieux Qui sur tous mes périls vous fait ouvrir les yeux.
Page 299 - Les vertus se perdent dans l'intérêt, comme les fleuves se perdent dans la mer.
Page 490 - If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or least I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.
Page 135 - Praecipue cum se numeris commendat et arte : Discit enim citius meminitque libentius illud Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.
Page 298 - Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent et qui portent où l'on veut aller.