Gallic Quotes
- There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems… — Cornelia Otis Skinner
- Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his… — A. E. Housman
- The whole race, which is now called Gallic or Galatic,is madly fond of war,high-spirited and quick to battle,but otherwise straightforward and not of evil character.For… — Strabo
- Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! — John Lydon
- There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so… — Janine di Giovanni