France - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[A nation of monkeys with the throat of parrots. [Fr., Une natione de singes a larynx de parroquets.] ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16623<![CDATA[France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des chansons.] ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16613<![CDATA[The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16614<![CDATA[I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16615<![CDATA[Gay, sprightly, land of mirth and social ease Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16616<![CDATA[Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs? ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16617<![CDATA[Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16618<![CDATA[It is the fortune of France. [Fr., C'est la fortune de France.] ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16619<![CDATA[Adieu, delightful land of France! O my country so dear, which nourished my infancy! [Fr., Adieu, plaisant pays de France! ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16620<![CDATA[One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs. [Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder les ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16621<![CDATA[Ye sons of France, awake to glory! Hark! Hark! what myriads bid you rise! Your children, wives, and grandsires ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16622<![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16610<![CDATA[I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16611<![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612<![CDATA[The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13898