France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
One cannot govern with 'buts'.
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.