Louis XV of France/war and Foreign Policy 1740%e2%80%931763

Famous quotes containing the words louis, france, war, foreign and/or policy:

    “The frost was on the village roofs as white as ocean foam;
    The good red fires were burning bright in every ‘longshore home;
    The windows sparkled clear, and the chimneys volleyed out;
    And I vow we sniffed the victuals as the vessel went about.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    “France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war!”
    —Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)

    “‘Yes; quaint and curious war is!
    You shoot a fellow down
    You’d treat if met where any bar is,
    Or help to half-a-crown.’”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.”
    —Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948)