British Defeat French

Famous quotes containing the words british, defeat and/or french:

    “You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let’s not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.”
    —Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)

    “And, “Better defeat almost,
    If seen clear,
    Than life’s victories of doubt
    That need endless talk-talk
    To make them out.””
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their propositions, their solutions.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)