{"id":10743,"date":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mots\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:34:08","slug":"mots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/mots\/","title":{"rendered":"mot(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mot cl\u00e9, mais aussi mot th\u00e8me. \u201c\u00a0Mot\u00a0\u201d peut \u00eatre synonyme de citation et un bon mot est une citation r\u00e9ussie. Voici une s\u00e9lection (best of).<\/p>\n

Cliquez sur une citation pour la consulter dans son contexte historique.Retour \u00e0 l\u2019index<\/a><\/p>\n

Affichage de 1 \u2013 25 sur 160. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Et le Christ\u00a0? \u2014\u00a0C\u2019est un anarchiste qui a r\u00e9ussi. C\u2019est le seul.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 <\/span>MALRAUX<\/span><\/span> (1901-1976), L\u2019Espoir<\/cite> (1937)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Souviens-toi du vase de Soissons\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CLOVIS<\/span><\/span> (vers 466-511), vers 486<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Courbe la t\u00eate, fier Sicambre, adore ce que tu as br\u00fbl\u00e9, br\u00fble ce que tu as ador\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

R\u00c9MI<\/span><\/span> (vers 437-vers 533), \u00e0 Clovis, baptis\u00e9 le 25\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 496<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019avouerais que j\u2019ai tu\u00e9 Dieu, si on me le demandait\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Fr\u00e8re <\/span>AYMERI de VILLIERS-LE-DUC<\/span><\/span> (fin XIIIe<\/sup>-d\u00e9but XIVe<\/sup> si\u00e8cle), 13\u00a0mai 1310<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Jeanne, croyez-vous \u00eatre en \u00e9tat de gr\u00e2ce\u00a0? \u2014\u00a0Si je n\u2019y suis, Dieu veuille m\u2019y mettre\u00a0; si j\u2019y suis, Dieu veuille m\u2019y tenir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

JEANNE d\u2019ARC<\/span><\/span> (1412-1431), Rouen, proc\u00e8s de Jeanne d\u2019Arc, 24\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 1431<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[Question \u00e0 l\u2019accus\u00e9e] \u00ab\u00a0Pourquoi votre \u00e9tendard fut-il port\u00e9 en l\u2019\u00e9glise de Reims au sacre, plut\u00f4t que ceux des autres capitaines\u00a0?\u2014 Il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 la peine, c\u2019\u00e9tait bien raison qu\u2019il f\u00fbt \u00e0 l\u2019honneur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

JEANNE d\u2019ARC<\/span><\/span> (1412-1431), Proc\u00e8s, 9e<\/sup> interrogatoire du 15\u00a0mars 1431<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Point n\u2019est besoin d\u2019esp\u00e9rer pour entreprendre, ni de r\u00e9ussir pour pers\u00e9v\u00e9rer.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CHARLES le T\u00e9m\u00e9raire<\/span><\/span> (1433-1477)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Tout est perdu, fors l\u2019honneur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

FRAN\u00c7OIS\u00a0Ier<\/sup><\/span><\/span> (1494-1547), Lettre \u00e0 Louise de Savoie apr\u00e8s la bataille de Pavie, 25\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 1525<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ce n\u2019est point chose vicieuse, mais grandement louable, emprunter d\u2019une langue \u00e9trang\u00e8re les sentences et les mots, et les approprier \u00e0 la sienne.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Joachim du <\/span>BELLAY<\/span><\/span> (1522-1560), D\u00e9fense et illustration de la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/cite> (1549)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Je le soignai, Dieu le gu\u00e9rit.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Ambroise <\/span>PAR\u00c9<\/span><\/span> (vers 1509-1590), phrase grav\u00e9e sur le socle de sa statue \u00e0 Laval, sa ville natale<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019argent est le nerf de la guerre.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CATHERINE DE M\u00c9DICIS<\/span><\/span> (1519-1589), Lettre \u00e0 l\u2019ambassadeur d\u2019Espagne, ao\u00fbt\u00a01570<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Le corps d\u2019un ennemi mort sent toujours bon.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CHARLES\u00a0IX<\/span><\/span> (1550-1574), le 24\u00a0ao\u00fbt, jour de la Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy (du nom du saint, f\u00eat\u00e9 sur le calendrier)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Saignez, saignez, la saign\u00e9e est aussi bonne au mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt qu\u2019au mois de mai\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar\u00e9chal de <\/span>TAVANNES<\/span><\/span> (1509-1573), 24\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1572<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La messe ou la mort.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CHARLES\u00a0IX<\/span><\/span> (1550-1574), \u00e0 Cond\u00e9, le 24\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1572<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0P\u00e9risse le souvenir de ce jour\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Michel de <\/span>L\u2019HOSPITAL<\/span><\/span> (vers 1504-1573), \u00e9voquant la Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Pensant \u00e0 cela et tenant ma t\u00eate appuy\u00e9e sur ma main, l\u2019appr\u00e9hension des maux que je ressentis pour mon pays fut telle qu\u2019elle me blanchit la moiti\u00e9 de la moustache.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

HENRI III DE NAVARRE<\/span><\/span> (1553-1610) au duc de La Force<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Mon Dieu qu\u2019il est grand\u00a0! Il para\u00eet encore plus grand mort que vivant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

HENRI III<\/span><\/span> (1551-1589), face au corps du duc de Guise, ch\u00e2teau de Blois, 23\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1588<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est bien taill\u00e9 mon fils\u00a0; maintenant il faut recoudre.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CATHERINE DE M\u00c9DICIS<\/span><\/span> (1519-1589) \u00e0 Henri\u00a0III, ch\u00e2teau de Blois, 23\u00a0d\u00e9cembre 1588<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Ralliez-vous \u00e0 mon panache blanc, vous le trouverez au chemin de la victoire et de l\u2019honneur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

HENRI IV<\/span><\/span> (1553-1610), \u00e0 ses compagnons, avant la bataille d\u2019Ivry, 14\u00a0mars 1590<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La couronne vaut bien une messe.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Duc de <\/span>SULLY<\/span><\/span> (1560-1641), en 1593<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Cela me crucifie\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

CL\u00c9MENT VIII<\/span><\/span> (1536-1605), \u00e0 l\u2019annonce de la signature de l\u2019\u00e9dit de Nantes, 1598<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Labourage et p\u00e2turage sont les deux mamelles dont la France est aliment\u00e9e et les vrais mines et tr\u00e9sors du P\u00e9rou.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Duc de <\/span>SULLY<\/span><\/span> (1560-1641), \u00c9conomie royale<\/cite> (1594-1597)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab Je veux qu\u2019il n\u2019y ait si pauvre paysan en mon royaume qu\u2019il n\u2019ait tous les dimanches sa poule au pot. \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

HENRI IV<\/span><\/span> (1553-1610)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Qu\u2019ils chantent, pourvu qu\u2019ils paient.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

MAZARIN<\/span><\/span> (1602-1661)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019\u00c9tat, c\u2019est moi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

LOUIS XIV<\/span><\/span> (1638-1715)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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