France Quotes

It is not just a country. It is a **beacon of culture. Art. And thought** since the seventeenth century. From the elegant streets of Paris to the tranquil farms of Provence. Geography and historical events have shaped this unique nation. France has deeply influenced global cuisine. Fashion. Literature. Philosophy. It was a center for the Enlightenment which promoted rationalism. Democracy. And freedom of expression. It is a blend of ancient traditions and continuous innovation. These sayings celebrate the immortal spirit of France.

Quote by Dave Barry: I took an estimated two thousand years of high school French, and when I finally got to France, I di...
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: So, ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, in what country on earth would you rather live? — Ce...
Quote by Ernest Hemingway: Everything is on such a clear financial basis in France. It is the simplest country to live in. No o...
Quote by Thomas Sowell: France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisanc...
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the ...
Quote by Dave Barry: France: As a professional journalist, I like the idea of a society where it is considered an accepta...
Quote by Mark Twain: France has usually been governed by prostitutes...
Quote by Victor Hugo: France lost a great novel last night....
Quote by Victor Hugo: Kings are for nations in their swaddling-clothes: France has attained her majority....
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: Every man has two countries: his own and France....
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power....
Quote by Joseph Stalin: So far, the Far Eastern focal point of danger is the most active.It is possible, however, that the c...
Quote by Mark Twain: France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country....
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high charact...
Quote by Voltaire: The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people....
Quote by Mark Twain: In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a...
Quote by Victor Hugo: The Parisian is to the French what the Athenian was to the Greeks: no one sleeps better than he, no ...
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: While learning the language in France a young man's morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly...
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. I...
Quote by Victor Hugo: It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes....
Quote by Margaret Thatcher: In the same period that the Americans have lived under one constitution our French friends notched u...