Quotes about French

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I go to seek a Great Perhaps. — François Rabelais
Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything. — Steve Martin
The only French word I know is oui, which means “yes,” and only recently did I learn it’s spelled o-​u-​i and not w-​e-​ — Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---And remember who you — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
I'm sorry," he says."What? Why?""You're fixing everything I set down." He nods at my hands, which are readjusting the el — Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss
There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. — P.G. Wodehouse
...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treat — Karl Marx, Selected Letters: The Personal Correspondence 1844-1877
In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making t — Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
Etre dans le vent, c'est avoir le destin des feuilles mortes. — Jean Guitton
We are not our own light. — Nicolas Malebranche
L'utilité du vivre n'est pas en l'espace: elle est en l'usage. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
D'autant que nous avons cher, estre, et estre consiste en mouvement et action. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
L'honneste est stable et permanent. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
J'accuse toute violence en l'education d'une ame tendre, qu'on dresse pour l'honneur, et la liberté. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Je hay entre autres vices, cruellement la cruauté, et par nature et par jugement, comme l'extreme de tous les vices. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Il n'est rien qui tente mes larmes que les larmes. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Les naturels sanguinaires à l'endroit des bestes, tesmoignent une propension naturelle à la cruauté. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque instinct à l'inhumanité — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come. — Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss