Word: said
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worked and died, or the tiny, one-story stone house with a partly thatched roof in the Vendee, where he worked and summered. Both flat and house were rented. Both will be bought, if the owners' prices are not too dear. Of his Vendee landlady Clémenceau said, not long before he died, with typical Tigeresque cynicism: "She is a royalist countess. She did nothing with this place before I came. It was nothing to her. So I got it on a lease for my lifetime at 300 francs a year [$12]. Now she thinks when...
...This is not a law, it is an infamy," said Dr. Curtius in level, fervent tones. "It is an attack on the authority of the state. You would force us, Mein Herr," turning upon Dr. Hugenberg, "to carry on foreign policy as though we were the prisoners at a criminal trial. . . . We must pay no more reparations? We must reject the Young Plan? What positive proposition do you have to make for other political measures...
...Your policy is anything but heroic. . . ." said Dr. Curtius at last with quiet scorn. Then, rising to his climax he cried: "Ach! Heroic was the life and influence of Dr. Stresemann! He strove, with death in the balance. . . . Deliberately spent his last ounce of strength to advance his principles on a path which he recognized as right! ... It is for the dear Fatherland to wisely follow...
...General," once said Maurice, owner of the Hamburg Theatre, "why is it that you are such a confirmed woman hater...
...Paul said (1 Timothy 5:23): Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. . . . The Saviour, whose first miracle on earth was to turn water into wine, once said: No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, the old is better (Luke...