Famous quotes containing the words french and/or lessons:
“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)
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)