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In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas
O'er half the world to run--
With a cheated crew, read more

In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas
O'er half the world to run--
With a cheated crew, to league anew
With the Goth and the shameless Hun.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Germany Quotes,
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Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.

Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.

by Nicephorus Found in: France Quotes,
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Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, read more

Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
Behold their tears and hear their cries!

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It is the fortune of France.
[Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]

It is the fortune of France.
[Fr., C'est la fortune de France.]

by Nicephorus Found in: France Quotes,
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I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden
shoes.

I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden
shoes.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: France Quotes,
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The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk,
Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,
Is always read more

The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk,
Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,
Is always happy, reign whoever may,
And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away.

by William Cowper Found in: France Quotes,
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One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs.
[Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder read more

One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs.
[Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder
les oeufs.]

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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
[Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in read more

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
[Ger., Wir Deutschen furchten Gott, sonst aber Nichts in der
Welt.]

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Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease
Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.

Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease
Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: France Quotes,
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