"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."

Nation, Country, Unity

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"Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese."

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"In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?"

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