French Author Quotations

Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels.

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

Monsieur Puss came at last to a stately castle, the master of which was an Ogre, the richest ever known; for all the lands which the King had then passed through belonged to this castle.

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat.

This good woman made for her a little red riding-hood, which became the girl so well that everybody called her Little Red Riding-hood.

However, Cinderella, in spite of her mean apparel, was a hundred times more handsome than her sisters, though they were always richly dressed.

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not the invasion of ideas.

A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.