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Quotes by French Authors
"Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it."
"The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages."
"The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism."
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
"Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy."
"For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her."
"What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences."
"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."
"In recent years - before the intifada - there were three or four incidents of anti-Semitism a year, and that's out of 18 million crimes and violations of the law."
"It is better to burn than to disappear."
"I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in."
"I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry."
"When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation."
"After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields."
"The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows."
"Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness."
"Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common."
"The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired."
"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."
"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."
"In no way can sport be considered a luxury object."
"There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do."
"I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine."
"A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless."
"Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire."
"Politeness is organized indifference."
"I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film."
"The conscience of the dying belies their life."
"It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly."
"There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change."
"It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better."
"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower."
"I think I will have a lot of opportunities in the future."
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