“Prince Edward confirmed the sentence; but he was reflecting deeply and beginning silently to form views as to how a man destined to great responsibilities should behave. To listen before speaking, to inform yourself before judging, to understand before deciding,… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it. — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“A man who would agree to betray his own conscience for the sake of a mitre, might well also steal and betray.” — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“First love is the only pure and happy one. If it goes wrong, nothing can replace it. Later loves can never attain to the… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“It is thus that imagination can in the end determine destiny, and it but needs our future actions to be given shape in speech… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill. — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!” — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“Every man believes to some extent that the world began when he was born and, at the moment of leaving it, suffers at having… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“It is to be remarked that, during this period, nearly all the women at the Court of France were called either Jeanne or Marguerite… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
Number is the Word but is not utterance it is wave and light, though no one sees it it is rhythm and music, though… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“The people are always prepared to shout on the side of power and to make a noise when it costs them nothing” — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“It must be admitted that such things were common coin of the period. Kingdoms were often handed over to adolescents, whose absolute power fasinated… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
“Days lived, whether full or empty, whether busy or serene, are but days gone by, and the ashes of the past weigh the same… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
