How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!