Quotes by french authors

I'd say people recognize me, but having children recognize me is the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you have the power to make the children's dreams come true, and it's better than anything else. Ludivine Sagnier

Dreams Best Me You People Better Power Else Say Recognize Having Having Children True Feel Come Like Make Very Than Children Anything Anything Else Special Suddenly Thing

Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. Madame de Stael

Life Love History Man Woman Love Is Episode Whole

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. Madame de Stael

Our Faults Mystery Misfortunes Between Existence Connection

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. Madame de Stael

Women Men Weak Because Err Selfishness

Once in a while, I still witness occasionally sexist behavior and comments from men (which experience has taught me you should always deflect with humour rather than anger). Old habits die hard, after all, and it's unrealistic to expect dinosaurs to fall silent overnight. Maelle Gavet

Me You Anger Experience Witness Behavior Old Men Fall Humour Once Deflect Sexist Dinosaurs Silent Rather Unrealistic Habits Occasionally Always Still Overnight Comments Expect Than Die Die Hard Taught After Which While Should Hard

The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things. Maelle Gavet

Something Could Learn Goal Where Create Useful Company Things

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face. Malcolm de Chazal

Smile Laughter Face Over Regional Whole

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion. Malcolm de Chazal

Heart Mind Own Ways Distracted Diversion Exclusive Concern Sort Gets

The individual - man as a man, man as a brain, if you like - interests me more than what he makes because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. Marcel Duchamp

Me You Man More Only Individual He Like Most Because Makes Repeat Brain Than Artists Themselves Interests Noticed

The entire world of art has reached such a low level, it has been commercialized to such a degree that art and everything related to it has become one of the most trivial activities of our epoch. Marcel Duchamp

Art World Degree Become Related Our Everything Has-Been Entire Entire World Trivial Most Reached Been Low Epoch Activities Level

Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that. Marcel Pagnol

Life Man Joy Sadness Tell Children Unforgettable Moments Need

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees. Marcel Proust

Soul Dark Trees Particular Forest Your Species

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond. Marcel Proust

Truth Too Must Lies Never Beyond Go Afraid Far

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. Marcel Proust

Book Our Spent Those Favorite Days Perhaps Childhood Fully Lived

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. Marcel Proust

Alone Great World Our Everything Religions Composed Neurotics Masterpieces Founded

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate. Marguerite Duras

Word See Only Journalism Journalists Passionate Laborers Literature Workers Manual