tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post5366126348620473331..comments2023-09-26T02:37:04.510-07:00Comments on HG's WORLD: "L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace."HISTORYGUY99http://www.blogger.com/profile/08332841159483231557noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-5076324371338943202016-12-30T08:41:22.844-08:002016-12-30T08:41:22.844-08:00Of course it's years later and now the comment...Of course it's years later and now the commenter, "Ali", with his statement: "The idea that the ISI is harboring OBL is laughable and juvenile", seems laughable and juvenile. Also, Mark sounds prescient and on point. Simply and amazingly on point. What a great find HG. I shall return, there are many daisies to be gathered here.Bonspyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572088713885779857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-17469677532430399202013-12-02T04:48:51.314-08:002013-12-02T04:48:51.314-08:00Frederick the Great prefered to speak French. It w...Frederick the Great prefered to speak French. It was the language of his court and many of his writings were in French, not in his native German, a language he disliked. Frederick could not have said the phrase: "l'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace" because he died before the start of the French Revolution in 1789. Georges Jacques Danton, however, was the author of this famous quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-91147086915863865662013-02-27T12:52:40.283-08:002013-02-27T12:52:40.283-08:00In the film "Patton", the protagonist cr...In the film "Patton", the protagonist credits Frederick The Great for those words, which begs the question: wouldn't Frederick have uttered those words in his German instead of in the French (as in the movie)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-52627213440481552352011-10-14T16:41:19.964-07:002011-10-14T16:41:19.964-07:00I think it was "Fredrick the Great" from...I think it was "Fredrick the Great" from whom the original expression was molded. But then again, I could be wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-43674704712291606302011-05-01T13:28:35.992-07:002011-05-01T13:28:35.992-07:00gonna borrow this patton picture. hope ya dont min...gonna borrow this patton picture. hope ya dont mindjj solarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15132555236678380756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-47648350015648523722010-10-24T08:06:19.832-07:002010-10-24T08:06:19.832-07:00Actually, I think it was French Revolutionary lead...Actually, I think it was French Revolutionary leader Georges Jacques Danton who said the quotation "l'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace," a simplification of his famous "l'audace, encore de l'audace, et toujours l'audace" speech, rather than to Napoleon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460560421524914967.post-80545413872355686932009-12-09T23:06:44.454-08:002009-12-09T23:06:44.454-08:00Much thanks HG for the link and the kind words!Much thanks HG for the link and the kind words!markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283319657103608208noreply@blogger.com