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Quotes by French Authors
"The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it."
"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines."
"Out of difficulties grow miracles."
"On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance."
"To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality."
"No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object."
"In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth."
"The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself."
"Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit."
"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."
"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
"Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being."
"Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant."
"The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope."
"Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness."
"Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men."
"Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him."
"There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them."
"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy."
"Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society."
"What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in."
"You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty."
"If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all."
"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."
"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."
"True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate."
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."
"His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings."
"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."
"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius."
"I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world."
"What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship."
"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."
"The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
"I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't."
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