This phrase, attributed to Cambronne, who was made prisoner at Waterloo, was vehemently denied by him. It was invented by Rougemont, a prolific author of mots, two days after the battle, in the "Indépendant."—Fournier: L' Esprit dans l' Histoire.
[810:6] A motto adopted by Thiers for the "Nationale," July 1, 1803. In the beginning of the seventeenth century Jan Zamoyski in the Polish parliament said, "The king reigns, but does not govern."
[811:1] Buffon: Discours de Réception (Recueil de l'Académie, 1753). See Burton, page [186].
[811:2] Proclus: Commentary on Euclid's Elements, book ii. chap. iv.
[811:3] Attributed to Mademoiselle Bertin, milliner to Marie Antoinette.
"There is nothing new except that which has become antiquated,"—motto of the "Revue Rétrospective."
[811:4] This saying is attributed to Talleyrand. In a letter of the Chevalier de Panat to Mallet du Pan, January, 1796, it occurs almost literally,—"No one is right; no one could forget anything, nor learn anything."
[811:5] Words uttered by Comte de Salvandy (1796-1856) at a fete given by the Duke of Orleans to the King of Naples, 1830.
[811:6] Attributed to Luther, but more probably a saying of J. H. Voss (1751-1826), according to Redlich, "Die poetischen Beiträge zum Waudsbecker Bothen," Hamburg, 1871, p. 67.—King: Classical and Foreign Quotations (1887).