Born French Citizen

Famous quotes containing the words born, french and/or citizen:

    “Nothing begins, and nothing ends,
    That is not paid with moan,
    For we are born in other’s pain,
    And perish in our own.”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)

    “The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Loss of freedom seldom happens overnight. Oppression doesn’t stand on the doorstep with toothbrush moustache and swastika armband—it creeps up insidiously ... step by step, and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realises that it is gone.”
    —Baron Lane (b. 1918)