Quotes by french authors

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears. Honore de Balzac
Life You Mother Fears Long Dramas See Tender Hour Joys Terrible Succession Now Soft
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. Honore de Balzac
Husband First Lover Other Way Runs Himself Mistress Always His Second Thinks
What is art? Nature concentrated. Honore de Balzac
Art Nature Concentrated
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. Honore de Balzac
Alone Woman Beauty Console Dear Loss Children Loving Her
As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. Hubert de Givenchy
Strength History Gifted More Student Arithmetic Like Geography Were Things
I believe in angels, so it's simple. Isabelle Adjani
Simple Believe Angels
To change, that is the most difficult thing to accomplish. Isabelle Adjani
Change Difficult Most Most Difficult Thing Accomplish Thing Difficult Thing
Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. Isabelle Huppert
Insanity Living Way Out Acting
I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I enjoy also beginning a new book. It's like being someone else. J. M. G. Le Clezio
Book Country Beginning Enjoy Else Someone New Like New Book Also Foreign Foreign Country New Place Very Being Place Much
I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer. JR
Man Become Retired Printer Am Wallpaper
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. JR
Art Change World Change The World Analogy Way See Perceptions Supposed Practical Practical Things Create Things
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. Jacques Chirac
Art History Construction Possible Europe
The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor. Jacques Ellul
Alone Neighbor Spirit Link Establish Holy Holy Spirit
All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis. Jacques Ellul
God Nature Relationship Word Language Value Analysis Secret Draws Both Fact Bounds Beyond Himself Human Manifest Human Language Reason Chosen Incomprehensible
What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? Jacques Lacan
Face Gesture Table More Moreover Laying Could Up Than Convincing Cards
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth. Jacques Lacan
Man Words Language First Before Other Birth Born Given He Deals Caught His Existence In Other Words Who Even
We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. Jacques Maritain
Love Sometimes Qualities Well Person Reason Defects
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. Jacques Prevert
Happiness You Bit About Never Forget Forgets Little Little Bit Even
Love is so simple. Jacques Prevert
Love Love Is Simple
A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Love People Attack Make Lot Sea
Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Hunting Like Barbarians Act Sea Farming
For me, the good food starts with good product. Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Good Food Me Starts Product Good Food
There is so much more vegetable use in Thailand, India and China than meat. Yes, when you go to the markets or buy street food, you see shrimp or chicken - but mostly vegetables. Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Buy Food You Vegetables Markets India See More Vegetable Mostly Go Yes Chicken Thailand Than China Much Use Meat Shrimp Street
The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Destruction Carries Born Soon Well Politic Causes Itself Begins Die Human Human Body Body
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Give Sciences Taste Children Them Should Teach
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Truth Only Combinations Falsehood Mode Infinity Being
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