Quotes by french authors

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. Montesquieu

Justice Law Tyranny Name Greater Shield Than Which

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. Napoleon Bonaparte

Veterans Day Eyes Fire Soldiers Rank Been Baptized

Imagination rules the world. Napoleon Bonaparte

World Imagination Rules

Being happy is a matter of personal taste. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happy Matter Personal Taste Being Being Happy

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. Victor Hugo

Time World Stronger One Thing Idea Come Armies Than Whose Thing

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. Voltaire

Possess Those Triumph True Along Enables Get Us Reason Who

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. Coco Chanel

Nature You Age Face Gives Merit Up Fifty Twenty

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Impossible Will Nothing Nothing Is Impossible Everything Say Ways Lead Had Merely Excuse Always Often Should Means Sufficient Things

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain

Thankful Gratitude Most Courtesy Form Exquisite

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. Jean-Paul Sartre

Alone Together People First Rich Luck Others Types Those Out True Poor Rich People Poor People Who Two

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. Jean-Paul Sartre

You Too Late Three Too Late Always Want Anything Early

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say. Jules Renard

You Anger Word Too Much Pay Thinking Too Other Enough Say Mad About Never He Spoke Fellow Till Heap Stings Blown Blown Away Storm Then Much Choke Away Deepest Things

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur

Knowledge Science Humanity Intelligence World Will Thought First Country Nation Furthest Torch Carries No Country Remain Highest Knows Because Which Personification Works Illuminates Belongs

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. Napoleon Bonaparte

Water Air Chief Articles Pharmacy

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. Napoleon Bonaparte

Fate Accident Thing

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love. Victor Hugo

Love You Heart Try Will Human Heart Relic Human Cannot Eternal

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo

Kiss Compliment Something Through Veil Like