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"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

Stendhal, French Writer

Earth, Events, Present, Race

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"The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth."

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