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Dicton populaire, devise royale, maxime \u00e0 la mode, adage, citation litt\u00e9raire \u2013 \u201c\u00a0L\u2019argent est le nerf de la guerre\u00a0\u201d (Rabelais) ou mot particuli\u00e8rement bien trouv\u00e9 \u2013 \u201c\u00a0Impossible n\u2019est pas fran\u00e7ais\u00a0\u201d (Napol\u00e9on). Un proverbe est une citation qui a r\u00e9ussi, en retrouver la source rel\u00e8ve parfois d\u2019un vrai jeu de piste.<\/p>\n

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

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\u00ab\u00a0Toute justice \u00e9mane du roi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Antoine <\/span>LOYSEL<\/span><\/span> (1536-1617)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Apr\u00e8s la panse vient la danse.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Dicton populaire<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0De deux maux, on doit toujours choisir le moindre.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

GUILLAUME de Tud\u00e8le<\/span><\/span> (fin XIIe<\/sup>-1214), Chanson de la croisade albigeoise<\/cite><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Boire comme un Templier.\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0Jurer comme un Templier.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Expressions populaires, au d\u00e9but du XIVe<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 c\u0153ur vaillant, rien d\u2019impossible.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jacques <\/span>C\u0152UR<\/span><\/span> (vers 1395-1456), devise<\/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\u00a0Il faut faire suer les \u00e9cus.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Maxime sous Louis\u00a0XI<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0La maison est \u00e0 l\u2019envers lorsque la poule chante aussi haut que le coq.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

No\u00ebl du <\/span>FAIL<\/span><\/span> (vers 1520-1591), Contes et Discours d\u2019Eutrapel<\/cite><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Souvent femme varieBien fol est qui s\u2019y fie.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

FRAN\u00c7OIS\u00a0Ier<\/sup><\/span><\/span> (1494-1547)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019app\u00e9tit vient en mangeant, disait Angest on Mans, la soif s\u2019en va en buvant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois <\/span>RABELAIS<\/span><\/span> (vers 1494-1553), Gargantua<\/cite> (1534)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Faux comme diamant du Canada.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Proverbe n\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 1540<\/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\u00a0Bons chiens reviennent toujours \u00e0 leur ma\u00eetre\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

HENRI IV<\/span><\/span> (1553-1610), 19\u00a0mars 1590<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Selon que vous serez puissant ou mis\u00e9rableLes jugements de cour vous rendront blanc ou noir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean de <\/span>LA FONTAINE<\/span><\/span> (1621-1695), Fables<\/cite>, Les Animaux malades de la peste (1678)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Si j\u2019\u00e9tais accus\u00e9 d\u2019avoir vol\u00e9 les tours de Notre-Dame, je commencerais par m\u2019enfuir.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Appr\u00e9ciation sur la justice attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 divers hauts magistrats \u00e0 la fin du XVIIe<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Toute ville assi\u00e9g\u00e9e par Vauban, ville prise,Toute ville d\u00e9fendue par Vauban, ville imprenable.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Proverbe du vivant de Vauban<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Cultivons notre jardin.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

VOLTAIRE<\/span><\/span> (1694-1778), Candide<\/cite> (1759)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il a travaill\u00e9, il a travaill\u00e9, pour le roi de Prusse.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Refrain, devenu proverbe, et signifiant travailler pour rien.
Chanson sur la d\u00e9faite de Soubise \u00e0 Rossbach (en Prusse) (1757)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Il ne faut pas \u00eatre plus royaliste que le roi.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Phrase en vogue sous Louis\u00a0XVI, et devenue proverbe<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Pourvu que cela dure.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

MADAME M\u00c8RE<\/span><\/span>, alias Marie Letizia (ou Laetitia) Ramolino (1750-1836)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Du sublime au ridicule, il n\u2019y a qu\u2019un pas.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

NAPOL\u00c9ON\u00a0Ier<\/sup><\/span><\/span> (1769-1821), \u00e0 son ambassadeur \u00e0 Varsovie, Monseigneur de Pradt, 5\u00a0d\u00e9cembre\u00a01812<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Impossible n\u2019est pas fran\u00e7ais.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

NAPOL\u00c9ON\u00a0Ier<\/sup><\/span><\/span> (1769-1821), au g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Lemarois, commandant de Magdebourg, 9\u00a0juillet 1813<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019exactitude est la politesse des rois.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

LOUIS XVIII<\/span><\/span> (1755-1824)<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Si cela va sans le dire, cela ira encore mieux en le disant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

TALLEYRAND<\/span><\/span> (1754-1838), au Congr\u00e8s de Vienne, octobre\u00a01814<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0On ne tombe jamais que du c\u00f4t\u00e9 o\u00f9 l\u2019on penche.\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois <\/span>GUIZOT<\/span><\/span> (1787-1874), Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, 5\u00a0mai 1837<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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