#french

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#french #geese #led #profound #swans

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris. ↗

— Asia Argento

#french #go #i #live #paris

'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'. ↗

— Dave Barry

#crawling #fat #french

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#derived #french #horse #word

The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers. ↗

— Marcel Carne

#gambler #gamblers #greatest #must #problem

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#french #landscape #pure #verse

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. ↗

— James Cronin

#another #assimilating #country #culture #enjoyed

One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France. ↗

— James Cronin

#france #french #giving #greatest #greatest joys

How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#dubious #either #evil #existence #extremely

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor