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“A typical french saying once was : "When the portugese colonized, they built churches; when the British colonized, they build trading stations; when the…

— David C. Gordon

“During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a…

— Mark Jones

“Food, a French man told me once, is the first wealth. Grow it right, and you feel insanely rich, no matter what you own.”

— Anonymous

The French have made conversation their claim to civilisation.

— Theodore Zeldin

“France is the land where dalliance is so passionately understood.”

— Arnold Bennett

“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

“Some good things did come out of France, but the place has become unbearably Gaulish don’t you think?”

— Peter Murphy

“The French (and Europeans in general) place a high value on speaking quietly in restaurants and on trains.”

— Rick Steves

“We English have no very strong attachment to the soil, we can make ourselves at home in any part of the world, but the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I had come to the conclusion that I must really be French, only no one had ever informed me of this fact. I loved…

— Julia Child

“and France, that fancy education you’re so proud of.”

— Mary Campisi

There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with…

— Janine di Giovanni