Quotes by french authors

What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe? Jacques Lacan
Relationship You Matter Universe Gives None Does How Lovers Them Many
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things. Jacques Maritain
Man Courage New Things New Midst Forward Things
My mother likes what I cook, but doesn't think it's French. My wife is Puerto Rican and Cuban, so I eat rice and beans. We have a place in Mexico, but people think I'm the quintessential French chef. Jacques Pepin
People Mother Wife Think Eat Beans French Likes Cuban Chef Mexico Quintessential Place Rican Rice Cook Puerto Puerto Rican
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Life Man Opportunity Whatever Extraordinary One-Man Lead He Himself Reason Keep Right
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
War Live State Virtue Ourselves Combat Always
The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best. Jean-Paul Sartre
Work Best You Difficult Best Work Most
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. Jean-Paul Sartre
Waiting Women Philosopher Seduce Became Sought Still Been Fame Which Basically
Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete. Jean-Paul Sartre
Evil Ability Abstract Make Concrete Which Product Humans
One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life. Jean-Paul Sartre
Life Death Become Still Cease Dies Going Lives
Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other. Jean Baudrillard
Paradise Other Monotonous Though Superficial Mournful May Just Barbara Disneyland Santa
There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you. Jean Baudrillard
You Man Woman Stove Nothing TV TV Set Dreaming More Mysterious Himself Talking Another Empty Left Than Room Communicating Planet Stranger Standing Even Her Set
Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth. Jean Baudrillard
Wonderful Teeth Identity American May
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. Jean Cocteau
Thought Petrified Film Fountain
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. Jean Cocteau
Draw Unravel Poets Tie Up Handwriting Again Then Differently
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. Jean Cocteau
Beautiful Art Time Fashion Ugly Become Other More Beautiful Things Frequently Always Hand Which Produces Things
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? Jean Cocteau
Success Luck Believe Else Those Must Like How Explain
Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau
Work Plant About Like Talk His Discuss Artist Asking
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. Jean Giraudoux
Man Heart Brainy Diverse Joined Cannot Elements
On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least. Jean Racine
Worries Throne Weighs Remorse Least Many
The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can. Jean Reno
Best You Woman Impress Way Best Way Most Honest
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we. Jean Rostand
Faith Stupidity Cruelty Bad See Vanity Direction Facing Outrage Fail Array Falsehood Same Same Direction Iniquity Whole
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. Jean Rostand
Great Humanity Power Few Enough Monstrous Minds Worthy Great Minds Make Hearts Endow Us Using
There is no road of flowers leading to glory. Jean de La Fontaine
Road Leading Glory Flowers
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. Jean de la Bruyere
Man Master Aid Advancement His Ambitious Contribute May Persons Fortunes Many Whose Slave
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. Jean de la Bruyere
Education Society Individual Regeneration
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. Jean de la Bruyere
Truth Exact Generally Contrary Often Believed
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