Quotes by french authors

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus
Man Only He Refuses Creature
For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Love True Love You Love Is Water Draw Give More True Abundant Inexhaustible Go Flow
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. Honore de Balzac
Love True Love Heart Love Is Pure Seen Young White True Hairs Like Equal Without Always Demonstrations Itself Infinite Eternal Violent
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. Jean-Paul Sartre
War Rich Wage Die Poor Who
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. Victor Hugo
Life Great Daily You Patience Peace Courage Small Sorrows Go Accomplished Task Your Sleep
There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time. Benoit Mandelbrot
Work Saying Time Needs Right Person Nice Every Right Place Right Time Piece Person Place Right
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. John Calvin
God Man Men Own Other Back Our Entering Neither Unbelief Only Open Excluded Unto Calling Salvation Any Which Us Thing Gate Set Save
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Louis Pasteur
Knowledge Science Humanity World Country Torch No Country Knows Because Which Illuminates Belongs
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage First Virtue Fatigue Soldier Only Endurance Second
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. Napoleon Bonaparte
Fears Defeat He Sure Being Who Conquered
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. Simone de Beauvoir
Man Women Arrogant Aggressive About More No-One Toward His Scornful Than Anxious Who
How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. Victor Hugo
Together Valentines Day Kiss Rose Trees Birds Summit Shapes Dawn Hill Sing Does Said How Came Lips Snow Did Behind Unfolds Happen Stark
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. Victor Hugo
Heart Son Father Lover Stars Father's Day Brother Affections Friend Heaven Room
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. Voltaire
Before Virtue Slight Tyrants Destroying Some Shade Laws Support Always Them
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus
People Welfare Alibi Tyrants Particular Always Been
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Albert Camus
Work Art Needs Confession Guilty Confess Conscience
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Attitude Our Lies Towards Them Meaning Meaning Of Themselves Things
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. Henri Matisse
Art Good Balance Matter Mind Fatigue Relaxation Dream Physical Rather Purity Troubling Soothing Armchair Like Devoid Calming Subject Subject Matter Provides Influence Which Depressing Serenity
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. Montesquieu
Democracy Dangerous Welfare Tyranny Citizen Prince Public Apathy Public Welfare Oligarchy
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. Napoleon Bonaparte
Strength Man Communication Strong Mind Will Strong Man Able Between Intercept Senses Who
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Friendship Rare Extremely Poetry Like Real Precious Pearl
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings. Victor Hugo
Bird Too Beneath Way Slight Hath Give Wings Feels Like Knowing She Sings Them Pausing Flight Who Her Awhile
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire
World Dance Will Never Read Any Us Let Us Two Harm
The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. Albert Camus
Mind Sign Vulgar Right Need
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things. Alphonse de Lamartine
Great Woman Great Things Beginning Things
With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything. Antoine Griezmann
Work Hard Work You Achieve Effort Anything Hard
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