Marseilles Quote by Alexandre Dumas

Marseilles isn't a city for tourists. There's nothing to see. Its beauty can't be photographed. It can only be shared. It's a place where…

— Jean-Claude Izzo

“When Jean and his mother left Etreuilles, Monsieur Sureau had gathered for them great boxfuls of hawthorn and of snowballs which Madame Santeuil had…

— Marcel Proust

I this day was spectator of the most magnificent Triumph that certainly ever floted on the Thames, considering the innumerable number of boates &…

— John Evelyn

“The French, I knew, were well ahead in this area, constructing gigantic palaces in the centre of cities which offer every luxury to travellers…

— Iain Pears

“The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Bonjour, the Embassy of France' 'Ah, bonjour, excuse me for asking but where is the French Coastguard?' 'At the coast. Guarding.”

— Tim Fitzhigham

“If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work, rather teach people…

— Alan Hirsch

“Build a fort, a joyous port.”

— Covenant A. Akinlotan

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them…

— Liz Wiseman

“lost more than the Greeks, and much were the Greeks rejoiced thereat. And some there were who drew back from the assault, with the…

— de Villehardouin, Geoffroi

“I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess (Bendis,…

— Plato

Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from? [Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]

— Honore de Balzac