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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Ainsi que son esprit , tout peuple a son langage . ( Fr. ) Volt . Le Temple du Goût . - Every nation has its own language just as it has its characteristic temperament . 165. Aio te , Eacida , Romanos vincere posse . AINSI . 25.
Ainsi que son esprit , tout peuple a son langage . ( Fr. ) Volt . Le Temple du Goût . - Every nation has its own language just as it has its characteristic temperament . 165. Aio te , Eacida , Romanos vincere posse . AINSI . 25.
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A l'amour satisfait tout son charme est ôté . ( Fr. ) . T. Corn . Festin de Pierre , 1 , 2. - All the charm of love vanishes when once it is satisfied . 172. A la queue gît le venin . ( Fr. ) Prov . — The stinglies in the tail . 1724.
A l'amour satisfait tout son charme est ôté . ( Fr. ) . T. Corn . Festin de Pierre , 1 , 2. - All the charm of love vanishes when once it is satisfied . 172. A la queue gît le venin . ( Fr. ) Prov . — The stinglies in the tail . 1724.
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Amour fait moult , argent fait tout . ( Fr. ) Prov . - Love can do much , money everything . 268. Amour , tous les autres plaisirs Ne valent pas tes peines . ( Fr. ) Charleval ? -Oh love , all the pleasures of the world are not worth ...
Amour fait moult , argent fait tout . ( Fr. ) Prov . - Love can do much , money everything . 268. Amour , tous les autres plaisirs Ne valent pas tes peines . ( Fr. ) Charleval ? -Oh love , all the pleasures of the world are not worth ...
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Time cannot wither talents ' well - earned fame : True genius has secured a deathless name . -Ed . 394. A tort et à travers . ( Fr. ) — Wrong and across . At random , by chance . 395. A tout seigneur tout honneur . ( Fr. ) Prov .
Time cannot wither talents ' well - earned fame : True genius has secured a deathless name . -Ed . 394. A tort et à travers . ( Fr. ) — Wrong and across . At random , by chance . 395. A tout seigneur tout honneur . ( Fr. ) Prov .
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That's the mischief . 679. C'est la prospérité qui donne des amis , c'est l'adversité qui les éprouve . ( Fr. ) -Prosperity gives us friends , adversity proves them . 680. C'est le bon sens , la raison qui fait tout : Vertu , génie ...
That's the mischief . 679. C'est la prospérité qui donne des amis , c'est l'adversité qui les éprouve . ( Fr. ) -Prosperity gives us friends , adversity proves them . 680. C'est le bon sens , la raison qui fait tout : Vertu , génie ...
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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 |
| Publisher | T. Whitaker, 1888 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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