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> [Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/italian-is-the-language-of-song-german-is-good-for-philosophy-and/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

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## More by Maurice Druon

> [Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/anarchy-is-as-detestable-in-grammar-as-it-is-in-society/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/socialist-ideology-is-making-france-go-to-pot-and-the-french-language/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“A man who would agree to betray his own conscience for the sake of a mitre, might well also steal and betray.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/a-man-who-would-agree-to-betray-his-own-conscience-for-the-sake-of-a/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“First love is the only pure and happy one. If it goes wrong, nothing can replace it. Later loves can never attain to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/first-love-is-the-only-pure-and-happy-one-if-it-goes-wrong-nothing/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“It is thus that imagination can in the end determine destiny, and it but needs our future actions to be given shape in speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/it-is-thus-that-imagination-can-in-the-end-determine-destiny-and-it/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/i-love-english-i-learned-it-from-the-speeches-of-winston-churchill/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/italian-is-the-language-of-song-german-is-good-for-philosophy-and/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/accursed-accursed-you-shall-be-accursed-to-the-thirteenth-generation/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“Every man believes to some extent that the world began when he was born and, at the moment of leaving it, suffers at having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/every-man-believes-to-some-extent-that-the-world-began-when-he-was/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“It is to be remarked that, during this period, nearly all the women at the Court of France were called either Jeanne or Marguerite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/it-is-to-be-remarked-that-during-this-period-nearly-all-the-women-at/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [Number is the Word but is not utterance it is wave and light, though no one sees it it is rhythm and music, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/number-is-the-word-but-is-not-utterance-it-is-wave-and-light-though/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“The people are always prepared to shout on the side of power and to make a noise when it costs them nothing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/the-people-are-always-prepared-to-shout-on-the-side-of-power-and-to/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“It must be admitted that such things were common coin of the period. Kingdoms were often handed over to adolescents, whose absolute power fasinated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/it-must-be-admitted-that-such-things-were-common-coin-of-the-period/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“Days lived, whether full or empty, whether busy or serene, are but days gone by, and the ashes of the past weigh the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/days-lived-whether-full-or-empty-whether-busy-or-serene-are-but-days/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

> [“vous lui ressemblez,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-druon/vous-lui-ressemblez/)

[Maurice Druon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-druon/)

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