Born French Citizen

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

    “It’s nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.”
    —Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

    “An old French sentence says, “God works in moments,”M”En peu d’heure Dieu labeure.” We ask for long life, but ‘t is deep life, or grand moments, that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “I am a citizen of the world.”
    —Sylvia Beach (1887–1962)