Quotes with legion

  • A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.
  • The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

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  • Caroline Norton A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.
    Bingen on the Rhine l. 1 (1850)
    Caroline Norton
     
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  • André Gide It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Mark Twain The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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