Quotes by french authors

I hate to spread rumours, but what else can one do with them? Amanda Lear
Hate Else Rumours Spread Them
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Andre Gide
Art Great Overcome Point Masterpiece Without Been Labor Begins Human Where Created Ever Resistance
What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. Andre Gide
You Yourself Faithful Say Would Indispensable Write Written Thus Well Make Another Said Exists Done Which Nowhere
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. Andre Gide
Peace Passion Men Patient Easier Restrain Direct Lead Combat Toward Stirring Up Than Labors Them
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record. Andre Maurois
Life Work Art Great Man Woman Memory Every Great Artist Recollection Record Makes His Artist Unfaithful Her Every Man
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. Andre Maurois
Love Others Astonished Dating Literature Chosen
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. Andre Maurois
Too Much Too Enough Possess Must Having Wit Witty Much Avoid Sufficient
Winning titles, that's what I'm looking for. Antoine Griezmann
Looking Winning Titles
Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Thankful God Gratitude Charity Gift Made Humiliated Never Bound Since Him Nor Who Chains Ever
Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love Beautiful Heart Will Country Farm Only Shall Struggled Sacrificed He Part Make Himself Understand His Then Who Fill Fought Save
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Face Earth True Unveiled Us
Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art. Arsene Wenger
Art Become Dancing Only Football Like Well Well Done Does Done
The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football. Arsene Wenger
Life Values My Life Moral Moral Values Through Football Learnt
Private life is private life. Off the pitch, there is private life, and the rest is social life, where of course you have to behave responsibly. Arsene Wenger
Life You Rest Responsibly Course Private Private Life Off Behave Pitch Where Social Social Life
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud
Genius Will Recovery Childhood
I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance. Arthur Rimbaud
Dance Stretched Window Golden Ropes Chains Star
The only real life is the collective life of the race; individual life has no existence except as an abstraction. Auguste Comte
Life Collective Real Life Only Except Individual Individual Life Abstraction Real Existence Race
Having realised that in cooking there was a vast field of study and development, I said to myself, 'Although I had not originally intended to enter this profession, since I am in it, I will work in such a fashion that I will rise above the ordinary, and I will do my best to raise again the prestige of the chef de cuisine.' Auguste Escoffier
Work Best Myself Fashion Cooking Will Rise Above Field Enter Prestige Rise Above Having Vast Had Study Development Since Although Chef Said Am Cuisine Intended Ordinary Realised Again Profession Originally Raise
Great dangers give birth to great resolutions. Auguste Escoffier
Great Birth Dangers Give Resolutions
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense. Baron d'Holbach
Men Sense Morality Only True Principles Revelation Discover Gods Common Common Sense Theology Need
Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death. Blaise Pascal
Death Nature Rest Complete Our Consists Motion
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. Blaise Pascal
Sail Sphere Drifting Uncertainty Vast Driven Within End Ever
The gospel to me is simply irresistible. Blaise Pascal
Me Simply Gospel Irresistible
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. Blaise Pascal
Religion Hate Men Be True Despise True May Afraid
Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world. Blaise Pascal
Life World Hell Only Between Heaven Which Us Thing
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. Brigitte Bardot
Life You Will Looking Looking Back Back Photograph Never Instant Cease Eternity Captured
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