| Jacques De La Palice |
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| 1470 births | |
| palice, jacques de la | |
| 1525 deaths | |
| military leaders of the italian wars | |
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As a Marshal under Francis I , he fought against Italian armies, and died during the Battle Of Pavia . His soldiers composed a Song in his honor, which said "''hélas, s'il n'était pas mort, il ferait encore envie''" ("Alas, if he wasn't dead, he would still be envied"). That line, misread as ''il serait encore en vie'', inspired a burlesque song by Bernard De La Monnoye , who replaced it by Un quart d'heure avant sa mort, il était encore en vie. ("A quarter hour before his death/He was still quite alive"), and attributed to Jacques several other similar feats, like his custom to always go in person when eating at his neighbors. From that song came the French term '' Lapalissade '' meaning an utterly obvious truth—i.e. a Truism or Tautology . CHANSON DE LA PALISSE / SONG OF LA PALICE ''From the French Wikipedia '' |