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Monnet, Jean
1888–1979
1888–1979
1
We should not create a nation Europe instead of a nation France.
We should not create a nation Europe instead of a nation France.
François Duchêne
Jean Monnet
(1994)
Monroe, Marilyn
1926–62
1926–62
1
on being asked what she wore in bed:
Chanel No. 5.
on being asked what she wore in bed:
Chanel No. 5.
Pete Martin
Marilyn Monroe
(1956)
Monroe, James
1758–1831
1758–1831
1
We owe it…to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those [European] powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
principle that became known as the "Monroe Doctrine"
We owe it…to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those [European] powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
principle that became known as the "Monroe Doctrine"
annual message to Congress, 2 December 1823
Monsell, John Samuel Bewley
1811–75
1811–75
1
Fight the good fight with all thy might.
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim.
Fight the good fight with all thy might.
"The Fight for Faith" (1863 hymn).
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim.
"O Worship the Lord" (1863 hymn)
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
1689–1762
1689–1762
1
And we meet with champagne and a chicken at last.
Men are vile inconstant toads.
I have too much indulged my sedentary humour and have been a rake in reading.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
People wish their enemies dead—but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
And we meet with champagne and a chicken at last.
Six Town Eclogues
(1747) "The Lover" l. 25
Men are vile inconstant toads.
letter to Anne Justice,
c.
12 June 1710
I have too much indulged my sedentary humour and have been a rake in reading.
letter to her daughter Lady Bute, 11 April 1759
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
letter to her daughter Lady Bute, 30 May 1756
People wish their enemies dead—but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!
W. S. Lewis et al. (eds.)
Horace Walpole's Correspondence
(1973) vol. 35
Montague, C. E.
1867–1928
1867–1928
1
War hath no fury like a non-combatant.
War hath no fury like a non-combatant.
Disenchantment
(1922) ch. 16
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