Quotes by french authors

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. Napoleon Bonaparte
Win Soldiers Battles Generally Generals Get Them Credit
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Life Wonderful Wish Only Had Sooner Wonderful Life Realized
The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring. Victor Hugo
Hate Envy Wicked Way Admiring
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. Victor Hugo
Life Time Careless Make Still Short Waste Waste Of Time
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own. Alexis de Tocqueville
Own States Relieved Supply Individuals Thus Majority Opinions Ready-Made Forming Use Who Multitude United United States Necessity
I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph. Elliott Erwitt
Time Family Together Old Year Young Nothing Enjoy Spending Once Once A Year Spending Time Photograph More Least Than Get Get Together Formal Loved Loved Ones
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. Frederic Bastiat
Government Great Live Everybody Everybody Else Else Through Endeavors Expense Fiction Which
My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
You Definitely Hatched Mother's Day Duck Dear Mama Famous Who Hen
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. Jules Verne
Cats Walk Pet Cloud Believe Earth Spirits Could Through Cat Come Sure Without Am Coming
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. Napoleon Bonaparte
Lion Government Sometimes Other Secret Lies Knowing Am Whole Fox
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion People Excellent Stuff Quiet Common Common People Keeping
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. Napoleon Bonaparte
Best Word Way Best Way Give Keep
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love. Voltaire
Love Blind Self-Love Depicted Should
There is no love of life without despair of life. Albert Camus
Life Love Despair No Love Without
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Alexis de Tocqueville
Political Later States Sooner Sooner Or Later Does Judicial Question Which Turn United United States Hardly
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. Alphonse de Lamartine
Politics People Admire See More Dogs Representatives
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. Balthus
Art Emotions Painting Chaos Possible Passage Order
Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel
Success Failure Inevitable Those Know Often Achieved Success Is Who
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. Emile Zola
Inspirational Truth Truth Is Will Nothing Stop March
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Friendship True Friend Care Take True Blessings Greatest Least Friend Which Acquire
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. Jean-Paul Sartre
Every Prolongs Out Weakness Born Without Existing Itself Dies Reason Thing Chance
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
Love Home Soul Cats Pet Become Enjoy Visible Because Little
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too. John Calvin
Satan Remember Miracles Too Must His
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. Jules Renard
Inspirational You Waiting Action Everything Out Take Also Get Want Wants Ask
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. Napoleon Bonaparte
Great Men Mediocrity Enterprises Small Attempt Always Reducing End Them Level
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Napoleon Bonaparte
Men Virtues Easily More Through Governed Than Vices
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