Notre dame Quote by Will Durant

“The war, like all wars, was proving more expensive for the Bourbons than planned. Since the alliance, France had advanced to the Americans over…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

François Mitterrand was a student of architecture, he had done a lot of research before he called me. He said, "You did something special…

— I. M. Pei

“July 3rd, 1566 Salon-de-Provence, France St. Michel Chapel 0300 hours   Brother Jean-Baptiste Chevalier would be dead in less than an hour. Had he…

— Vincent Pauletti

“The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. There was nothing notable in the event…

— Victor Hugo

“To collect the funding required to erect the papal capital in France, the French popes cut every corner they could, docking pay from parish…

— Charles River Editors

“Just imagine! In the early nineteenth century, this cathedral was in such a state of disrepair that the city considered tearing it down. Luckily…

— Stephanie Perkins

Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat, To conquer France, his true inheritance?

— William Shakespeare

France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th…

— Raoul Dufy

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

— Paul Cezanne

I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition…

— Alexandre Dumas

The average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that.

— Jean-Luc Godard

The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took…

— Haile Selassie