French Merits

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or merits:

“The French are certainly misunderstood:Mbut whether the fault is theirs, in not sufficiently explaining themselves; or speaking with that exact limitation and precision which one would expect ... or whether the fault may not be altogether on our side ... I shall not decide.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet.”
—Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)