When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.
We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.
[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.
A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.
The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.