France Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about France.
Top Quotes
“French people”
“Kingdom of France”
“French Colonial Empire”
“France above all!”
“France has no friends, only interests.”
“Which is the funniest language? It's French, isn't it?”
“Une nation de singes à larynx de perroquets.”
“France cannot be France without greatness.”
“We need to give priority to the French in their own country.”
“France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.”
“I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.”
“And threat'ning France, plac'd like a painted Jove,
Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand.”
“I have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so.”
“The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.”
“Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease
Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.”
“France had been the cradle of anarchism, fathered for a long time by some of her most brilliant sons, of whom Proudhon was the greatest.”
“Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France.
• Translated: "All my life I have had a certain idea of France".”
“O France, the time of reproach has passed and we have closed like a book; o France, the day of reckoning is at hand. So prepare to receive from us our answer!”
“La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre.
• Translated: "France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war".”
“France is the land of the inner psyche. The inner expertise. They are wonderful confessives. But when I was young what impressed me most was their high seriousness about literature. Often humorless. But high.”