Quotes by french authors

Common sense is not so common. Voltaire

Sense Common

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire

Life God Gift Living Gave Ourselves Give Well Up Us

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire

You Believe Those Atrocities Absurd Make Commit Who

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle

Love Patriotism Hate People First Own Nationalism Other Than Your

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus

Happiness Life Man Simple Harmony Except He Between Leads

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. Jean de La Fontaine

Love Friendship True Love True Friendship Rare Rarer True

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes

Good Mind Enough Good Mind Main Main Thing Well Use Thing

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. Albert Camus

Moving On Broken Blessed Bend Shall Never Hearts

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La Fontaine

Time Sadness Wings Flies Away

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. Napoleon Bonaparte

Noise People Speak Thousand Silent Ten More Make Than Who

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Spiritual Experience Spiritual Beings Spiritual Experience Having Human Human Beings Human Experience Beings

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Patience Fruit Sweet Bitter

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age. George Sand

Soul Age Try Old Young Old Age Up Your Keep Right

Nothing can be done except little by little. Charles Baudelaire

Nothing Except Done Little

In politics stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte

Politics Stupidity Handicap

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. Voltaire

Time Slow Degrees Attained Perfection Hand Requires

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom Mistake Enemy Never He Making Your Interrupt

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo

Winter Laughter Face Sun Drives Human Human Face

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire

Free Fools Difficult Revere Chains

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reality World Imagination Boundless Limits

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. Andre Maurois

Happiness First Past Meditation Too Recipe Lengthy Avoid