Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, french and/or rule:
“The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
“As long as fathers rule but do not nurture, as long as mothers nurture but do not rule, the conditions favoring the development of father-daughter incest will prevail.”
—Judith Lewis Herman (b. 1942)