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 125
Détestables flatteurs , present le plus funeste Que puisse faire aux rois la colère celeste . ( Fr. ) Rac . Phèdre , 4 , 6 . Detested flatterers ! the most fatal gift Heav'n in its wrath can send to wretched kings !
Détestables flatteurs , present le plus funeste Que puisse faire aux rois la colère celeste . ( Fr. ) Rac . Phèdre , 4 , 6 . Detested flatterers ! the most fatal gift Heav'n in its wrath can send to wretched kings !
Page 168
... le public ... on ne saurait faire un plus grand crime contre les intérêts publics qu'en se rendant indulgent envers ceux qui les violent . ( Fr. ) Richelieu , Testament Pol . — To act with rigour towards those individuals who glory ...
... le public ... on ne saurait faire un plus grand crime contre les intérêts publics qu'en se rendant indulgent envers ceux qui les violent . ( Fr. ) Richelieu , Testament Pol . — To act with rigour towards those individuals who glory ...
Page 173
Les meilleurs livres sont ceux que chaque lecteur croit qu'il aurait pu faire . ( Fr . ) - The best books are those which each realer thinks he could have written himself . 1561. Ex officio . ( L . ) - By virtue of his office .
Les meilleurs livres sont ceux que chaque lecteur croit qu'il aurait pu faire . ( Fr . ) - The best books are those which each realer thinks he could have written himself . 1561. Ex officio . ( L . ) - By virtue of his office .
Page 179
Faire le diable à quatre . ( Fr . ) -- To play the very deuce . To tear , fret , rant , rage . Il fait le diable à quatre , he tears , fumes at a devil of a rate . 1620. Faire mon devoir . ( Fr . ) — To do my duty .
Faire le diable à quatre . ( Fr . ) -- To play the very deuce . To tear , fret , rant , rage . Il fait le diable à quatre , he tears , fumes at a devil of a rate . 1620. Faire mon devoir . ( Fr . ) — To do my duty .
Page 226
It is best to fear one's enemies at a distance , so as not to have to fear them when near , and to be able to rejoice at their approach . B. is here quoting the Prince de Condé's own words . que de faire 227 ILICET . 2061.
It is best to fear one's enemies at a distance , so as not to have to fear them when near , and to be able to rejoice at their approach . B. is here quoting the Prince de Condé's own words . que de faire 227 ILICET . 2061.
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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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