Teach French and unteach sincerity.

“Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?”

— Idries Shah

School is established, not in order that it should be convenient for the children to study, but that teachers should be able to teach…

— Leo Tolstoy

“La vie c’est comme la bicyclette : quand on arrête de pédaler on tombe.”

— Albert Einstein

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

— Anonymous

I don't feel French at all. That was never really a concern, and it's limiting to think that way. I think Paris is more…

— Nicolas Ghesquiere

“Our own dimension was coded ID-11 and was the only League member with diphtheria, David Hasselhoff and the French, which amused the rest of…

— Jasper Fforde

I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are…

— Josephine de La Baume

Biarritz is one of the most popular holiday destinations in France and it tops the list for coastal resorts along the French Atlantic.

— Carol Drinkwater

I'd had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I've…

— Charlotte Rampling

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because…

— Louis Leterrier

I can speak French but I cannot understand it.

— Mark Twain

I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.

— Wang Leehom

France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French…

— Tyler Cowen

French food is too poncy.

— Gino D'Acampo

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

— Samuel Barnett