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Page 26
... 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 fin saura - t - on qui a mangé le lard ...
... 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 fin saura - t - on qui a mangé le lard ...
Page 29
... 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. Aliquis in omnibus , nullus in singulis ...
... 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. Aliquis in omnibus , nullus in singulis ...
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... n'est si beau jour qui n'amène sa nuit . ( Fr. ) [ We seek to prolong human pleasures in vain , ] For the sunniest day brings the night in its train . Epitaph of Jean d'Orbesan , quoted by Chateaubriand in the Memoires d'Outre - Tombe ...
... n'est si beau jour qui n'amène sa nuit . ( Fr. ) [ We seek to prolong human pleasures in vain , ] For the sunniest day brings the night in its train . Epitaph of Jean d'Orbesan , quoted by Chateaubriand in the Memoires d'Outre - Tombe ...
Page 77
... 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 . need not say . CELA . 77.
... 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 . need not say . CELA . 77.
Page 78
... 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 collection ...
... 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 collection ...
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