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Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de
1755–94
1755–94
1
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment;
Love's sorrow lasts all through life.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment;
Love's sorrow lasts all through life.
Célestine
(1784)
Fo, Dario
1926–
1926–
1
Non si paga, non si paga.We won't pay, we won't pay.
Non si paga, non si paga.We won't pay, we won't pay.
title of play (1975; translated by Lino Pertile in 1978 as "We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay!" and performed in London in 1981 as
"Can't Pay? Won't Pay!"
)
Foch, Ferdinand
1851–1929
1851–1929
1
My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.
message during the first Battle of the Marne, September 1914
This is not a peace treaty, it is an armistice for twenty years.
at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.
message during the first Battle of the Marne, September 1914
R. Recouly
Foch
(1919) ch. 6
This is not a peace treaty, it is an armistice for twenty years.
at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Paul Reynaud
Mémoires
(1963) vol. 2
Foley, J.
1906–1970
1906–1970
1
Old soldiers never die,
They simply fade away.
Old soldiers never die,
They simply fade away.
"Old Soldiers Never Die" (1920 song); copyrighted by Foley but possibly a "folk-song" from the First World War
Fonda, Jane
1937–
1937–
1
A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.
A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.
in
Daily Mail
13 September 1989
Foot, Michael
1913–
1913–
1
Think of it! A second Chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.
It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat.
of Norman Tebbit
Think of it! A second Chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.
speech in the House of Commons, 3 February 1969
It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat.
of Norman Tebbit
speech in the House of Commons, 2 March 1978
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