Cochinchina Campaign/bien Hoa and V%C4%A9nh Long

Famous quotes containing the words campaign, bien and/or long:

    “The winter is to a woman of fashion what, of yore, a campaign was to the soldiers of the Empire.”
    —HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    ““Eh Bien you like this sacred pig of a country?” asked Marco.
    “Why not? I like it anywhere. It’s all the same, in France you are paid badly and live well; here you are paid well and live badly.””
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    “Over and over again, her own direct experience teaches a woman that when she does enough for herself, she feels better and better about her child. When she does too much for too long for her child, she feels harassed and drained. But over and over again, she lapses into doing too much.”
    —Roger Gould (20th century)