French Sayings And Quotes

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“Cordon bleu – High quality, especially of cooking”
– French Saying

“Cordon sanitaire – A political or medical buffer zone”
– French Saying

“Coup d’etat – An abrupt overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means, for example, by force, or by occupation of government structures during the leader’s absence”
– French Saying

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved”
– George Sand

“Gratitude, like milk, turns sour if its container is not absolutely clean”
– Gourmont

“Come to the edge, he said They said: We are afraid Come to the edge, he said They came He pushed them and they flew”
– Guillaume Apollinaire

“Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask Everything you want also wants you But you have to take action to get it”
– Jules Renard

“Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties”
– Jules Renard

“Trouble came to the world through laziness”
– La Bruyère

“Nothing weighs more than a secret”
– La Fonataine

“He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears”
– La Fontaine

“Don’t trust anyone, especially those who advise you not to trust anyone”
– La Robertie

“True valour is to do in secrecy what you could just have easily done before others”
– La Rochefoucauld

“Work only frightens feeble souls”
– Louis XIV

“There are two ways to become unhappy: to desire what you don’t have or to have finally gotten what you have desired”
– Louys

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be”
– Marcel Pagnol

“He who flatters his superiors betrays them”
– Massillon

“Man’s greatest weakness is his love of life”
– Molière

” Le plus grand faible des hommes, c’est l’amour qu’ils ont de la vie”
– Molière

“Whatever a speaker is missing in depth he will compensate for in length”
– Montesquieu

“It’s just one step from the sublime to the ridiculous”
– Napoléon

“True eloquence mocks eloquence, true morality mocks morality”
– Pascal

“Love is being stupid together”
– Paul Valery

” Amour veut tout sans nombre, amour n’a point de loi”
– Pierre de Ronsard

“True paradise is the one that you have lost”
– Proust

“If you allowed to make mistakes, you are sure to succeed”
– Renan

“He who obeys is almost always better than he who commands”
– Renan

“You end up despising those who are too ready to accept your opinion”
– Renan

“La vérité vaut bien qu’on passe quelques années sans la trouver – Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it”
– Renard

“Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it”
– Renard

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