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Excerpt from Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes
A Latin poet has asserted that there was no saying which had not been already said. In later times, Henry IV. Will be surprised to know that Agesilaus preceded him in that royal game of romps which both kings thought only a father could appreciate. The poet Rogers was not the first to pre fer the art of forgetting to that of memory and Talleyrand has reason to invoke the curse of Donatus, Perish the men who said our good things before us! T'' No one better than Fournier, in his Esprit clans l''histoire, has plucked the stolen plumage from the daw. I cannot acknowledge my obligations to this iconoclast of bons mots without borrowing Madame da Deffand''s judgment of Montesquieu''s Esprit des Lois, - that his Wit in History should be called Wit on History.
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A Latin poet has asserted that there was no saying which had not been already said. In later times, Henry IV. Will be surprised to know that Agesilaus preceded him in that royal game of romps which both kings thought only a father could appreciate. The poet Rogers was not the first to pre fer the art of forgetting to that of memory and Talleyrand has reason to invoke the curse of Donatus, Perish the men who said our good things before us! T'' No one better than Fournier, in his Esprit clans l''histoire, has plucked the stolen plumage from the daw. I cannot acknowledge my obligations to this iconoclast of bons mots without borrowing Madame da Deffand''s judgment of Montesquieu''s Esprit des Lois, - that his Wit in History should be called Wit on History.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
Hardback
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Samuel Arthur Bent
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ISBN - 9780265566077
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm
Page Count - 689
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Samuel Arthur Bent
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ISBN - 9781440090752
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm
Page Count - 691
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