Quotes by french authors

The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. Michel de Montaigne
World Word Nothing One Word Vanity Shadow Just Play
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. Michel de Montaigne
Never Bedfellows Fame Tranquility
Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity. Michel de Montaigne
Confidence Integrity Honesty Honesty Is Light Own Others Testimony
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. Michel de Montaigne
Alone Me Communication Mind Thought Pleasure Tell No-One Without Does Grieve Much Produced
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Michel de Montaigne
Courage Virtues True Generous True Courage Most Proudest Strangest
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. Michel de Montaigne
World Way Follow Laws Make Custom
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages. Michel de Montaigne
You Legal Youth Liberty Strict Will Dig Criminal Laws Make Gentle Leave Educational Dungeons Ages Your
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. Michel de Montaigne
Knowledge Natural No Desire More Than Desire
I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. Moliere
Pleasant Virtue Annoying Vice Prefer
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. Moliere
Haste Direct Unreasonable Road Error
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. Moliere
Every Unlimited Indulge Occasion Frenchmen Capacity
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty. Moliere
Soul Solitude Twenty
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. Nadia Boulanger
Life Cleaning Windows Write Attention Masterpiece Denied Trying Lack Whether
We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Fight Equality Sex Feminism Everyone Sexes Over Another Feminist Domination Need
Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. Napoleon Bonaparte
Ambition Thinking Way Circumstances Hurry General Never Merely Greater Than Pace Keeps
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. Napoleon Bonaparte
Death You Enemy Fear Drive Ranks Defy Must Him Lads
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. Napoleon Bonaparte
Crime Like Plague
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains. Napoleon Bonaparte
Love You Space Embrace Ability Only Contains Around Limited To Love Your Consciousness Extent
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. Napoleon Bonaparte
Made Revolution Several Neither Give Direction Only Nor Done Stopped Children The Only Thing Victories Thing
A Constitution should be short and obscure. Napoleon Bonaparte
Constitution Obscure Short Should
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools. Nicolas Chamfort
Fools Foolish Ideas Just
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. Nicolas Chamfort
Today Day Before Books Seemed Written Most Read Overnight Been
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. Nicolas Chamfort
Soul World Before Live Must Some Admitted Entirely Parts Which Happily
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. Paul Gauguin
Key Result Looking Increase Output Opposite Improving Just While Productivity Activity Stressing
A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator. Paul Valery
Dancer Hybrid Calculator Businessman
A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Communism Strong Concord Exploitation Mediocrity Danger Weak Excellence Tends Inequality Common Placing Level
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