--- title: "9 England France Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 England France quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best England France sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/albert-bushnell-hart-22595_england_england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only_474763.png" --- > [England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-bushnell-hart/england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only-on-the-continent-but-in-the/) [Albert Bushnell Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-bushnell-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/albert-bushnell-hart-22595_england_england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only_474763.png) > [“I see England, I see France; I see a little girl’s Underpants!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-see-england-i-see-france-i-see-a-little-girl-s-underpants/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/kurt-vonnegut-41_england_i-see-england-i-see-france-i-see-a-littl_729050.jpg) > [If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-gordon/if-you-want-to-swim-across-the-english-channel-from-england-to-france/) [Lewis Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/lewis-gordon-48598_beach_if-you-want-to-swim-across-the-english-c_1332282.png) > [They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/they-like-my-books-better-in-england-than-in-france-a-translation/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/marcel-proust-114_book_they-like-my-books-better-in-england-tha_2043733.jpg) > [If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/townsend-harris/if-japan-had-been-near-to-either-england-or-france-war-would-have/) [Townsend Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/townsend-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/townsend-harris-23616_broken_if-japan-had-been-near-to-either-england_887734.jpg) > [England against France is such a massive match; you can't get much bigger than that in European football. It's a huge rivalry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-welbeck/england-against-france-is-such-a-massive-match-you-can-t-get-much/) [Danny Welbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-welbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/danny-welbeck-7086_england_england-against-france-is-such-a-massive_2593381.jpg) > [Thackeray and Balzac will make it possible for our descendants to live over again the England and France of to-day. Seen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gilbert-hamerton/thackeray-and-balzac-will-make-it-possible-for-our-descendants-to/) [Philip Gilbert Hamerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gilbert-hamerton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/philip-gilbert-hamerton-19140_balzac_thackeray-and-balzac-will-make-it-possib_670557.png) > [I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-am-just-not-thinking-of-india-s-deliverance-it-will-come-but-will/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/mahatma-gandhi-23_deliverance_i-am-just-not-thinking-of-india-s-delive_1851926.jpg) > [“Hundred years war between England and France. The term ok comes from the tax collectors in England. They needed to know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lost-leblanc/hundred-years-war-between-england-and-france-the-term-ok-comes-from/) [Lost LeBlanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lost-leblanc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/lost-leblanc-257689_backpacking_hundred-years-war-between-england-and-fr_657016.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/england-france/#itemlist", "name": "England France Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Bushnell Hart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-bushnell-hart/england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only-on-the-continent-but-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/albert-bushnell-hart-22595_england_england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only_474763.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/albert-bushnell-hart-22595_england_england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only_474763.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/albert-bushnell-hart-22595_england_england-and-france-were-rivals-not-only_474763.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.” — Albert Bushnell Hart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I see England, I see France; 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