Edict of Fontainebleau - Famous Huguenots Who Left France

Famous quotes containing the words famous, left and/or france:

“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)

“She planted corn and left the rest
to elements, convinced that God
with giant faucets regulates the rain
and saves the crops from frost or foreign wind.”
—Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

“In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)