Famous quotes containing the words french and/or ambassador:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)