Born French Citizen

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

    “A man of sense, though born without wit, often lives to have wit. His memory treasures up ideas and reflections; he compares them with new occurrences, and strikes out new lights from the collision. The consequence is sometimes bons mots, and sometimes apothegms.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    “... any citizen should be willing to give all that he has to give his country in work or sacrifice in times of crisis.”
    —Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)