French Underground

French Underground may refer to the

  • French Resistance during World War II
  • French crime (see French Connection, Unione Corse, etc.)

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or underground:

    “The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “An underground grower, blind and a common brown;
    Got a misshapen look, it’s nudged where it could;
    Simple as soil yet crowded as earth with all.”
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