Famous quotes containing the words french and/or open:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“All the unhurried day
Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)