370 Quotes About France

Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set, with authority, by the celestial spheres. Indeed, King Louis XIV of France, confronted with a revised map of his domain based on accurate longitude measurements, reportedly complained that he was losing more territory to his astronomers than to his enemies.

...all the men in the photograph wear puttees. All the men in the picture are bound, trying to keep themselves together. That is how considerate they are, for the love of God and country and women and the other men--for the love of all that is good and true--they keep themselves together because they have to. They are afraid but they are not cowards.

It is not the first time that Belgium has had to undergo a dangerous ordeal. But never has the situation been more serious than today! … Freedom, honor, the very existence of the fatherland is at stake.

Fortune favors the bold. One doesn't win glory by hiding behind the lines.

France had been a fickle companion to both my husband and me, hadn't she? France was a changeling--constantly shifting on us, swerving just when we felt as though perhaps we might finally have a sure footing underneath.

To the meaningless French idealisms: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, we propose the three German realities: Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery.

Anaïs had one of those bobs with concave bangs French women seem 
to master, which make them look like adorable sixties KGB agents. 


Hope is a beautiful and magical thing. Grasp it tight, monsieur, and never let go.

When your done releasing sexual tensions, we have a meeting to continue!"~Francis Bonnefoy, Hetalia, English Dub