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A la cour . . . l'art le plus nécessaire , N'est pas de bien parler , mais de savoir se taire . ( Fr. ) Volt . The most necessary accomplishment at Court is not to be able to speak well , but to know how to hold your tongue . 170.
A la cour . . . l'art le plus nécessaire , N'est pas de bien parler , mais de savoir se taire . ( Fr. ) Volt . The most necessary accomplishment at Court is not to be able to speak well , but to know how to hold your tongue . 170.
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A l'impossible nul n'est tenu . ( Fr. ) Prov . - No one can be obliged to do what is impossible . 196. Aliquid facerem ut hoc ne facerem . ( L. ) Ter . And . 1 , 5 , 24. - I would do anything not to do this . 197.
A l'impossible nul n'est tenu . ( Fr. ) Prov . - No one can be obliged to do what is impossible . 196. Aliquid facerem ut hoc ne facerem . ( L. ) Ter . And . 1 , 5 , 24. - I would do anything not to do this . 197.
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Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amène sa nuit . [ We seek to prolong human pleasures in vain , ] For the sunniest day brings the night in its train . ( Fr. ) Epitaph of Jean d'Orbesan , quoted by Chateaubriand in the Memoires d'Outre ...
Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amène sa nuit . [ We seek to prolong human pleasures in vain , ] For the sunniest day brings the night in its train . ( Fr. ) Epitaph of Jean d'Orbesan , quoted by Chateaubriand in the Memoires d'Outre ...
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631. Cela m'échauffe la bile . ( Fr . ) — It stirs my bile . 632. Cela n'est pas de mon ressort . ( Fr . ) - That is not in my line of business . It is not in my province . 633. Cela va sans dire . ( Fr . ) CELA . 77.
631. Cela m'échauffe la bile . ( Fr . ) — It stirs my bile . 632. Cela n'est pas de mon ressort . ( Fr . ) - That is not in my line of business . It is not in my province . 633. Cela va sans dire . ( Fr . ) CELA . 77.
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Ce livre n'est pas long , on le voit en une heure ; La plus courte folie est toujours la meilleure . ( Fr. ) This book is not long , one sees that at a glance , And shortness does always a folly enhance . ( From the frontispiece of a ...
Ce livre n'est pas long , on le voit en une heure ; La plus courte folie est toujours la meilleure . ( Fr. ) This book is not long , one sees that at a glance , And shortness does always a folly enhance . ( From the frontispiece of a ...
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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 |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Compiled by | William Francis Henry King |
| Publisher | Whitaker & Sons, 1887 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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