French Quotes

1316 French quotes by 958 unique authors

Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short, staccato, like modern… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German Protestants;… — Robert Graves
The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who… — Robert Graves
This is the end and the beginning of an age. This is something far greater than the French Revolution or the Reformation and we live… — H.G. Wells
She's French, so she's teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they're fluent in Spanish. — Gwyneth Paltrow
Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood. — Herb Ritts
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings — Wilhelm Steinitz
Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French. — John Masefield
The odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces, and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves, knocked as a very welcome visitor… — Jerome K. Jerome
French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not only breed good… — James Howell
to "set the standard for beauty in classical and modem cookery, and attest to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century… — Marie-Antoine Careme
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament… — Roland Barthes
I'm going to Iowa for an award. Then I'm appearing at Carnegie Hall, it's sold out. Then I'm sailing to France to be honored by… — Groucho Marx
Democracy, thus French revolution, was not invented by philosophic theory nor by the bourgeois leadership. It was discovered by the masses in their method of… — Unknown Author
The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was… — Fernand Braudel
If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The inhabitants of the other spots reason in like manner, of course, with the result that from early infancy the mind of the child is… — Emma Goldman
It was the French Revolution that served as the catalyst of this renovation. Its impact was to make the concept of popular sovereignty the new… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists… — James R Newman
The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse. — Thomas Bulfinch

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