12 Inspiring Quotes About France
Full of history and famous people, France is the subject of many well known quotes and I’ve chosen 12 inspiring quotes that are diverse, some quirky and all highlighting what France means to the author. Do you have a favourite quote about L‘Hexagone?
“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely” – Josephine Baker
“Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything” – Steve Martin
“I do not believe there is another city on earth so beautiful as Paris nor another people with such an appreciation of the beautiful as the French…” – Edward Hopper
“France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war” – Charles de Gaulle
“How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese” – Charles de Gaulle
“English people don’t have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously” – Vivien Leigh
“France has the only two things towards which we drift as we grow older – intelligence and manners” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“So ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, ‘In what country on earth would you rather live?’ Certainly in my own, where are all my friends, my relations, and the earliest and sweetest affections and recollections of my life. Which would be your second choice? France” – Thomas Jefferson
“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport” – Julia Child
“I don’t believe that France is capable of reform – at least not in normal times. Fortunately, we are experiencing exceptional circumstance at the moment. It is a moment in which everything is possible” – Emmanuel Macron
“They aren’t much at fighting wars anymore. Despite their reputation for fashion, their women have spindly legs. Their music is sappy. But they do know how to whip up a plate of grub” – Mike Royko
“France is the most civilized country in the world and doesn’t care who knows it” – John Gunther
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