Frenchman

Famous quotes containing the word frenchman:

“The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.”
—Art Buchwald (b. 1925)

“The Frenchman is first and foremost a man. He is likeable often just because of his weaknesses, which are always thoroughly human, even if despicable.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)