French Revolution

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or revolution:

    “Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your
    languid spleen,
    An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a
    not-too-French French bean!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “O God, that one might read the book of fate,
    And see the revolution of the times
    Make mountains level, and the continent,
    Weary of solid firmness, melt itself
    Into the sea.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)