Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.

France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads.
[Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des
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France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads.
[Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des
chansons.]

The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk,
Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk,
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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.

Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see
that she can ride.
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Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see
that she can ride.
[Ger., Setzen wir Deutschland, so zu sagen, in den Sattel! Reiten
wird es schon konnen.]

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

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.]

Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us
Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?

Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us
Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?

Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.

Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.

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.